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Boxing fans have a rematch to look forward to. When we see each other, we shake hands. Not tyson fury and Deontay Wilder and that means no face off ahead of tomorrow nights big fight. You and i are terribly formal and polite. And chris has the weather, no storms. We will be taking a look at just how wet no storms. We will be taking a look atjust how wet our weather has been so atjust how wet our weather has been so far this winter and that has led up so far this winter and that has led up to the flooding we have seen. We will also be taking a look at the rather beautiful picture of the luna, shots you have probably never seen before. And coming up also coming up, a 10 year old Manchester United fan writes to liverpoolsjurgen klopp with a novel plan to stop them winning the league. They said there is a letter for you and it it had royal mail on the stamp and when i opened it it was jurgen klopp. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live, im martine croxall. A woman who supported the extremist Islamist Group Islamic State has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh, a 36 year old muslim convert from hayes in west london, was arrested after an Undercover Police operation. Shes admitted preparing an act of terrorism by asking an undercover officer to supply bombs. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani is at the old bailey, in central london. Remind us of the background to this case. This has been a sudden plea of guilty today. Safiyya shaikh had been expected to go to trial later in the spring but this morning in a brief hearing she admitted preparing an act of terrorism by asking Undercover Police officers for bombs, one she was going to leave in a hotel and one would have been taken into a hotel and one would have been ta ken into st a hotel and one would have been taken into st pauls cathedral where she would have detonated it. This is a significant win for counterterrorism officers because the evidence she has admitted to today in effect means that had she not come into contact with these undercover officers and if she had come into contact with genuine is members and bomb plotters, she would have gone ahead with this case. She converted to islam many years ago, that was an entirely normal thing but at some point in the recent past she became a follower of the iso ideology, so much so that she stopped going to a local mosque where she had concerns that she may effectively be reported to be pleased by ordinary worshippers because of her extreme views. She then set about pushing extremist material online and it is there that she came into contact with these undercover officers who were trying to work out what she genuinely wa nted to work out what she genuinely wanted to do, whether she had a genuine intention to attack any particular target in the uk or beyond. It was at that point that she revealed that she wanted to attack st pauls cathedral. In one letter she said, i want to kill a lot, i would like to do a church, a daylight christmas or easter. A daylight christmas or easter. A day like. She sent a picture of st pauls cathedral saying i would like to do this point for sure. This was a key piece of evidence in this case. She followed it up by what prosecutors say was a recurrence operation where she visited the cathedral. She shared details with the undercover officers online and arranged to meet them in person. She that one of these offices, a female officer, was going to be able to give her one or two home made bombs to attack targets in london. When she handed over the bags for these bombs, she said she wanted to build these explosives and that was the Critical Evidence that caused the police to arrest her and caused these admissions of guilt today. Was anybody else involved in the planning of what she intended to carry out other than those undercover officers who she thought we re undercover officers who she thought were supportive . As far as we understand it, Safiyya Shaikh was acting alone in as far as this was her entire own plot. We do know about her is that she was part of a major pro Islamic State social media channel. She was there working with others across europe and in running that channel we know she was an administratorfrom evidence that channel we know she was an administrator from evidence that the bbc have seen about her background and it was there that she was encouraging others to carry out attacks. In particular in the netherlands where we understand that one of her fellow administrators was arrested by Counterterrorism Police there. A critical piece of evidence in this case was when she said to be british undercover officers that she was constantly going online and making threats and encouraging others to do the same and that this time she wanted to do it herself. Her intentions have been made clear by these guilty pleas. Her sentencing will be in may. Irish defence will have the opportunity to put forward some kind of extra nation to what her state of mind was. nation to what her state of mind was. Her defence. Then it will be for thejudge to decide was. Her defence. Then it will be for the judge to decide how dangerous Safiyya Shaikh, whose original name is michelle ramsden, how dangerous she is and what kind of prison sentence she could get and she could very well get a life sentence. Thank you very much. The mother of Grace Millane, the british backpacker strangled in new zealand, has told a court her daughter died terrified and alone. Gillian millane was speaking via a video link, at the sentencing of her daughters murderer. The man, who cant be named for legal reasons, was jailed for life, and will serve a minimum of 17 years. He killed the student only hours after they met, on the eve of her 22nd birthday. In a victim impact statement, Gillian Millane told the man his actions had torn a hole in her heart. Our correspondent, shaima khalil, sent this report from auckland. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, Grace Millane spent a night out with this man. But, shortly after these pictures were captured, he murdered her. The killer has been jailed for life, with a minimum of 17 years without parole. A suppression court order means we still cannot reveal his identity. Graces mother gillian said her daughter would always be her sunshine. She addressed the killer directly via videolink, saying he had ripped a hole in her heart. You walked into our lives and destroyed grace in the pursuit of your own sexual gratification. Her brother declan was also emotional when he spoke about his little sister. This is the last place grace was seen alive, she had earlier met the man on tinder and cctv showed them together in bars around the city, before coming here, to where he lived. Within a few hours, she was strangled in his room. During the trial, the jury heard that graces killer took intimate photos of her dead body. He later put the corpse in a suitcase, and buried it in bush land on the outskirts of auckland. The chief Police Investigator criticised the defence, for arguing that graces death was a case of rough sex gone wrong. Strangling someone for five to ten minutes till they die is not rough sex. If people are going to use that type of defence, all it actually does is repeatedly revictimise the victim, and the victims family. Campaigners say men are increasingly using the rough sex argument as a defence to try to get away with murdering women. In many cases we have looked at, defendants often have a history of really Serious Violence against women that the jury might not be aware of. We know of at least three cases where killers have used this defence and gone on to kill again, so we need to see this within a wider pattern of Sexual Violence against women and girls. Graces mother said no sentence the killer got would match a life without her daughter, but the case that shocked a nation and devastated a family has finally come to an end. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, auckland. The British Embassy injapan says logistical problems have delayed an evacuation flight for holiday makers who were stranded on a cruise ship hit by coronavirus. The britons on the ship, the diamond princess, say theyre frustrated its taking so long to get them home. Laura bicker reports from yokahama. Just when the brits aboard the diamond princess thought it was all over, their plane has been delayed by almost a day. They had to watch passengers from other countries get their final medical checks and set off home while they remain in their cabins. Its just been one thing after another, and we can face the thought of 14 days, but then when you realise you have to wait for an evacuation flight its just been a bit nerve racking. The importance of this quarantine has become clear. Two elderly patients from this cruise ship have died, but there are questions about how effective that quarantine has been. Two australians who left here earlier this week and flew home have now tested positive for the virus. In south korea they are using every weapon at their disposal to combat an outbreak centred around this church. Daegu a city of over two Million People is at a standstill. The Defence Ministry has locked down military bases after several soldiers were confirmed with coronavirus. Two people have now died. There are over 200 cases and several hundred others say they have symptoms. Translation there are many fewer people here. Some car parks have closed and because there are so few people some shops have shut too. Translation a lot more people are Wearing Masks now. Its hard to find people who arent. The fear surrounding this virus has turned to frenzy in some places. Protesters in this ukrainian town attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus hit china. The president pleaded with them to show empathy. But there is still love in this time of coronavirus. In the philippines, over 200 couples got married at this mass wedding. They had to undergo Health Checks before the service. Even with the masks, its a welcome respite from the misery this outbreak has caused across the world. Laura bicker, bbc news, yokohama. Laura bicker reporting. The coronaVirus Outbreak could have a huge impact on world trade. Airlines say it could cost them more than £20 billion and theres growing concern for the Global Supply chains of a range of products from cars to smartphones. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett is here. Where is the impact being felt . We have to divided up into impacts which are already being felt and what could happen over the coming weeks. For example, know that travel in the Asia Pacific Region is really restricted which includes flights from europe, so British Airways for example is flying into shanghai or beijing and wont be we understand until mid april. All of that is taking its toll on the Airline Industry and the International Air transport Association Says it thinks that this year it will cost the industry £22. 6 billion. That is a big impact and that depends on the outbreak remaining centred in china. If it spreads further, the impact could be greater but already we are looking at a 30 reduction in demand in the Asia Pacific Region. For the Airline Industry that is an area thatis Airline Industry that is an area that is growing very fast and it means the first time in more than a decade it is expected that this year will see a decline in air transport which is normally growing year after year. Again in china, the car industry has been a big victim of all of this. Sales have fallen off a cliff. 92 down in the first two weeks in february. Basically, people arent going to be showrooms and most of them are shut anyway. That affects manufacturers like Jaguar Land Rover because they make a lot of cars for the Chinese Market will top it is one of their biggest markets so these are impacts we are already seeing. But there is a more severe potential impact which is that china is a manufacturer to the world so enormous amounts of finished products and parts are made in china, put on container ships and weeks later they arrive in europe and on our shores, they go into our shops and at the moment, the factories, many of them are still shut, they not opening up as quickly as people thought they would after the Lunar New Year holiday when a lot of activity was suspended, that means that the shipping companies cant fill their ships so a lot of the sailings arent happening. For example one company has cancelled a 50 sales and there are big vessels that are normally crammed with products from china and what this means is that businesses which rely on parts from china, again we can talk about jaguar land on parts from china, again we can talk aboutJaguar Land Rover, on parts from china, again we can talk about Jaguar Land Rover, they say if things dont improve, within weeks are going to be struggling. If you dont have parts, you cant make products put up theyre going to have to find part elsewhere, Jaguar Land Rover has said this week they are sending people to china who can bring things back in suitcases because they need than that badly. There is a possibility that finished goods, clothing chains, they might bea goods, clothing chains, they might be a shortage of those. Even if all that the factories in china resume production today, we would still probably see some kind of problems in the next few weeks because it does take several weeks for those goods to leave the chinese factories and arrive on our shores and at the moment, there arent as many out there on the ocean is normally there would be. And this is all assuming that, as you say, it says centred on china and asia . Yes, what people are saying at the moment is that there will be an impact but it could be relatively limited. It is what they call a v shaped a downturn so you see a drop in activity and then it picks up again quickly but the issue is that that depends on the outbreak remaining confined to southeast asia, particularly china but if there are signs that it spreads a lot and we are already seeing this outbreak in south korea, if it expands through the region than the disruption will be greater, potentially a magnitude greater so thatis potentially a magnitude greater so that is what people are worried about. If things stay as they are now, the Health Authorities get a grip and the virus stop spreading, thenit grip and the virus stop spreading, then it will be a limited turndown but if it does spread and gets out of hand, then you have a problem. Thank you very much. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane the british backpacker murdered in new zealand tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. And in sport. Enough is enough. Tyson fury and Deontay Wilder wont face off at their weigh in in las vegas later. Organisers dont want a repeat of wednesdays news conference, when fury and wbc world heavyweight champion wilder pushed each other. Liverpool will be without captain Jordan Henderson for up to three weeks. He picked up a hamstring injury during their Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid on tuesday. And theres a shock in australia as the womens t20 world cup starts. The hosts and defending champions are stunned by india, who won by 17 runs in sydney. Ill be back with more on those stores after half past. The Food Standards Agency says there are now around 2. 4 million cases of Food Poisoning every year in england, wales and Northern Ireland up from an estimated i million in 2009. The increase is being blamed on the growing popularity of takeaways and eating out. On the growing popularity lets speak to the chief scientific advisor with the Food Standards Agency, professor guy poppy, hes in southampton. Thank you forjoining us, interpret these figures for us if you would because it looks like an enormous increase in Food Poisoning cases. |j think i would like to reassure the public. The actual total number of infectious intestinal disease which is things like the sickness and diarrhoea that we are talking about hasnt changed in facts. What is interesting is that of that 18 million cases, 11 million of them we actually dont know what causes them and a lot of that is human human transmission. What this work has done is to be able to show that more of the cases that we originally thought can be associated with food and that is why we have gone up to the 2. 4 million cases will top that doesnt mean there has been a doubling of food illness, itjust means we can be more confident that the illness which has been out there has a food origin and it is not a human human transmission. How it is it that we can be that certain that it that we can be that certain that it is food related these days compared to ten years ago . Because we did a five year study with universities around the uk led by Liverpool University and what they did wasa Liverpool University and what they did was a series of in depth studies with people so you could understand what they were eating, where they we re what they were eating, where they were eating it and it studies with gps and in that it was able to show that there are a number of sources which is where you get your takeaway commonly mentioned there where nora virus, which is the winter sickness bug which i imagine many of your watches have had themselves, that has gone on from a little under hundred thousand cases because of food to 300,000 cases but there are 2 million cases a better year and most of it is still human human transmission. How would we best protect ourselves from these bugs which can make people particularly ill . Thats right and it comes to basic hygiene. Basic hygiene for you personally, washing your hands after youve been to the toilet, before preparing food. Making sure when you prepare food you dont you lots of cross contamination and when you eat out, look out for the green sticker that you often see and those businesses which have high hygiene and high standards have ratings of three, four or five and we know that by eating in those restaurants you are by eating in those restaurants you a re less by eating in those restaurants you are less likely to get Food Poisoning than if you eat in restau ra nts poisoning than if you eat in restaurants which have a one or two rating. What is the penalty for a food outlet which has found to be the source of Something Like a nora Virus Outbreak . That varies obviously in terms of the legal case behind it and it is very impossible for me to give you an exact figure. What i can say is it is actually the food businesses responsibility to make sure they serve safe food and local authorities, through environment or Health Officers and the Food Standards Agency by setting standards, set the targets and the standards, set the targets and the standards which should be met. Those businesses should meet them and as i said earlier, if you as a person look after your own health, i urge you to ensure that you eat in restau ra nts you to ensure that you eat in restaurants which have higher ratings. Thank you for talking to us this afternoon. A 29 year old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack at the London Central mosque near regents park yesterday. The victim a man in his 70s who was stabbed as he was leading the call to prayer was escorted back into the mosque today to join friday worship, after being treated in hospital. Scotland yard said it was not treating the attack as terrorism related. The government is to ban the sale in england of bags of coal and fresh logs for burning on open fires and in stoves. Ministers say coal and wet wood create air pollution that can cause Serious Health problems. They want people to switch to cleaner alternatives, as our correspondent katie austin reports. A cosy way to heat a home, but some materials commonly used as fuel mean wood burners can be very polluting. The logs sold by this business in buckinghamshire are all seasoned or dried, but many of the bundles you might buy from a petrol station or Garden Centre will contain wet wood, which emits more harmful particles and smoke. The government isnt going to ban stoves themselves, but in england it is going to stop the sale of wet wood and coalfor home burning. If you burn coal, and you burn wet wood, the smoke that comes out of that is causing a whole raft of nasty Health Conditions, from cardiovascular disease to cancer, asthma and there is clear data about that. It is good news, there is still so much more to be done on this issue of air pollution, and also the associated issue of healthy heat for people across the uk, but this is a good first step. In terms of the timescale, well, people have had warning, they first announced this policy about 81 months ago. 18 months. It is not a sudden announcement. Sales of bagged traditional house coal and sales of small units of wet wood will be phased out by february next year. Loose coal sold direct to customers will end by 2023. Products will have to be labelled to show they comply, with local authorities enforcing the ban. It will stop, i think, the, the supermarkets and that selling bad wood, they have to check their wood. That is going to be the good side of it. The bad side of it is you are still going to get the people that willjust deliver a load of wood to anybody for a few bob. The move is meant to reduce rather than eliminate pollution from wood burners and stoves, and concerns have been raised over the impact on Rural Communities, but it is hoped people will be prompted to use cleaner fuels. Katie austin, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris. This is canada and what we are looking at here is the moon. Or particularly a mean halo, isnt it pretty . Very pretty. This is caused by light reflecting from the moon and it comes from particles in the atmosphere from water droplets and ice crystals and that causes the light to bend and you get these rainbow colours. You get the same thing with the sun around halos. If you see the rainbow colours and this quy you see the rainbow colours and this guy and you are looking towards the sun or the moon and you see the rainbow colours, normally it is coming from some kind of ice. You know what it reminds me of . When you see oil in a puddle and all those different iridescent colours. See oil in a puddle and all those different iridescent coloursm see oil in a puddle and all those different iridescent colours. It is funny you should to say that because i suppose it is a diffraction pattern so formed in the same way with light waves interfering as they go through these small gaps between the crystals or between, i think the Oil Water Interface does the same thing. It causes interference and different wavelengths of light interfering together and that causes the patterns in oil as well. This is why we ask you in, because you know all this stuff. What is a moon dog . That is this bit here. This white bit on the photograph, you get the same thing with sun dogs and it is caused by light going through this diffraction process. It is something we see sometimes. Alina is in the wings and she has been helping us out for why it is called a dog. |j didnt know why but apparently it is to do with the sun dog, the dog follows its master. That is what it is supposed to be. It was helpful, thank you alina. It is a team effort. It is, things that i do know about, rain. Meteorology. How wet it has been. We have had a very wet awesome and i think that is partly one of the things that has caused problems in the build up to this flood event that we have going on at the moment. Look at the rainfall we have had over december, you can see the blue colours here. We have had more rainfall than normal across parts of south west england, parts of wales but onlyjust. Look at parts of south west england, parts of wales but only just. Look at the january stats, actually rainfall has been near normal across these areas so it hasnt been especially wet this winterfor so it hasnt been especially wet this winter for these areas but it was very wet in the autumn leading up. I will show you the charts for february. These are rainfall anomalies and the blue colours indicate where we have seen more rainfall than normal. Some areas have had already twice as much rainfall than we would expect in the month of february and of course, we still have another week or so of february left, in fact this february isa february left, in fact this february is a long one. We get an extra day. So we have had two weekends beset by storms, it looking this weekend . Well, we have some potential troubles with maybe some more rain on the way but i will show you what is going on. The river severn continues to run pretty high and there are a number of flood warnings still at enforce along stretches of the river severn but we have lost the river severn but we have lost the severe flood warnings. They are just in force in hampstead and bishop along stretches of the river lugg and the river wye. And the rain footing on those river catchments, it is further north across scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales rate is 60 to 80 millimetres of rain and we could see some localised flooding impacts from that rain falling through the rest of the day to day. Temperature wise, it is a mild one. Highs of ten to 12 degrees was up it is also pretty windy, gusts of 40, 50 and even locally 60 mph across parts of the north of the uk. Overnight, the rain eventually sta rts uk. Overnight, the rain eventually starts to pull southwards across england into wales, the midlands and those areas that are already saturated so that is not great news that the amount of rain i suppose is not huge at this stage. Further north, colder air not huge at this stage. Further north, colderairtucking not huge at this stage. Further north, colder air tucking in. Not huge at this stage. Further north, colderairtucking in. We will see showers turn to snow in scotla nd will see showers turn to snow in scotland and on saturday those snow showers over the hills come out with strong winds so we are talking about blizzard conditions high up. Elsewhere, the rain is to showers and it will be a blustery day with some big contrasts in temperatures from north to south. 5 degrees or so in edinburgh during the afternoon, 13 degrees in london. Take a look at the weather picture through saturday nights, we have more rain targeting wales. This is one area that is really saturated so we could see some localised flooding impacts from that. 20 to 40 millimetres of rain is in the forecast pulled that rain does eventually clear off for the most part, although this front lingering across southern england, they could just be a bit of rain left over for the southern areas on sunday. Further north stays blustery and we are looking at showers and snow across the hills of scotland. Probably a bit more in the way of sunshine across these Northern Areas as we go through sunday. Still quite chilly, damp it is around six or 7 degrees for these Northern Areas, 11 or 12 degrees for these Northern Areas, 11 or12 in the degrees for these Northern Areas, 11 or 12 in the south. Then, sunday night, we have the next area of low pressure coming in. This one bringing some strong gusts of wind, kitty gusts of 70 mph, heavy rain and fora time kitty gusts of 70 mph, heavy rain and for a time looking at the potential of some snow. This could cause some issues that we head into monday morning rush hour. This is the latest. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane, the british backpacker murdered in new zealand tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. The Food Standards Agency says there are now around 2. 4 million cases of Food Poisoning every year in england, wales and Northern Ireland, up from an estimated one million in 2009. Sales of the two most polluting fuels used in homes, fresh logs and coal, are to be phased out in england to help cut air pollution. Sport now on afternoon live with ben mundy, and lets talk about tomorrow nights big fight and well have the weigh in later but no face off between tyson fury and Deontay Wilder whys that . Well, like two naughty schoolboys they cannot be trusted, to be put simply. Basically organisers of the heavyweight free match in las vegas have moved to prevent any onstage clash at that way in as you mentioned. Both have been throwing the usual insults at each other for what seems like months, at wednesdays conference the pair actually ended up shoving each other, something similar happened before the fight in 2018 you might remember, so Nevada State Commission has chosen to scrap the face off altogether this evening, and it all adds to the drama as that clock counts down to the first round. Former champion lennox lewis has told us who he is backing to win. I think it is going to be an unbelievable fight, i think if tyson fury comes out there and says he wants to try and knock him out in the first couple of rounds then he will probably try. You know, hes that type of guy to do that, but if that doesnt work for him then he will resort back to his boxing, and then we will see, you know, tyson fury moving around, doing all kinds of different things, and maybe, you know, leading with the jab a bit more, so it really depends on, you know, the strategy of both fighters being able to advise each boxer and for the boxer to listen, you know, for the guy who wants to win to be able to do what he needs to do in the ring. So martin, the way in taking place later this evening, the fight saturday night into the early hours of sunday morning and we can only hope it lives up to that first clash when fear we twice got himself up off the canvas. I cannot wait for this one its going to be really good. Liverpool are running away with the premier league title but theyve had some bad news today whats going on . Bit of a blow this. Their captain Jordan Henderson has been ruled out for up to three weeks. Such a vital cog in their team over the last couple of seasons. But hes picked up a hamstring injury. The good news for liverpool fans. Jurgen klopp told us earlier it could have been worse. He got the injury during their Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid on tuesday. Weve had a look at their fixtures and he could now miss liverpools next three premier League Matches and the fa cup tie at chelsea. But in the words of klopp, three weeks is not cool, but we are still lucky. Now, theres been a shock in the first game at the womens t20 world cup in australia. The hosts and favourites lost to india, in sydney earlier. India made a modest 132 for 4, anchored by 49 not out from deepti sharma, and australias chase was frustrated by some brilliant bowling from player of the match, poonam yadav, who took four wickets and when molly strano was run out off the penultimate ball, thanks to a superb throw from yemimah rodrigues, indias17 run victory was complete. England play their first match on sunday against south africa. Theyve been training in the nets at the waca in perth today. They were the beaten finalists two years ago, and bowler, Anya Shrubsole has been talking about how hard the task in front of them is. I think what there is is its probably five or six teams who are really in with a shout of winning this turn are meant so we will have to be at our best, i think if we play our best cricket we are certainly a match for the other team and we have got plenty of world class and we have got plenty of world class players throughout our line up as well. With 2020 it is just about getting on a bit of oh winning run, is a quick tournament and if you get another old things can be hard to stop. If you get ona can be hard to stop. If you get on a roll. England head coach eddiejones has reshuffled his backline for their six nations match against ireland at twickenham on sunday. Jonathan joseph will start on the wing, earning his 50th cap. Elliot daly returns to full back to replace George Furbank whos out injured. While, manu tuilangi and ben youngs are both back in the starting fifteen. While in the womens six nations. Harlequins scrumhalf leanne riley will get her first start for england, against ireland at a sold out castle park in doncaster. Shell partner the returning Katy Daly Mclean at flyhalf. Prop Hannah Botterman is ruled out with injury, so uncapped Detysha Harper is on the bench. And the innovative steering system introduced by mercedes which allows Lewis Hamilton and team mate Valtteri Bottas to alter the angle of their front wheels will be banned from 2021. Its caused real controversy during pre season testing in barcelona this week. Mercedes have been cleared to use the system this season, which sees drivers push and pull the Steering Wheel. Thats all the sport for now. Tens of thousands of people have attended vigils in german city of hanau for the nine victims of a far right extremist who opened fire on two shisha bars. Now many of those shot dead were kurdish immigrants. The German Government says the Security Threat from the far right remains very high. Our europe correspondent gavin lee reports from hanau. Outside the arena shisha bar this morning, the more heartache and grief of families visiting the site where they lost their loved ones. Six people died, six families devastated as they try to understand what happened here. 35 year old mercedes had gone out that night for a pizza with friends when she was shot dead. Herfather a pizza with friends when she was shot dead. Her father philip tells me his world has fallen apart. Translation she was a lovely person, a lovely person. She has got two children that she has left behind. Now she is dead, i dont really know what to do any more. Philip says his family have a roma polish roots and moved here 40 years ago where his daughters have grown up. He says he cant understand the hatred that motivated the killer. Translation what goes on in someones head to do this . To go into the city and shoot people at close range . Then into the city and shoot people at close range . Then come here and then going to this kiosk and shoot some more. All young people without any reason. He didnt even know them, he just shot them. We are badly affected. Barbara has come to lay flowers for the friends of her son peter who survived after being shot and wounded, she said by playing dead. Translation he came in here to eat pizza. He told me all of a sudden a young man came in and started shooting at everyone. Everyone who moved his shot. He hid on the floor with his friends and the guy kept shooting and shooting. He is the only one who had the chance to survive. All his friends who are next to him are now dead. There are people here in this community who said they saw this coming and that hate speech is becoming more and more commonplace and they laid the blame with far right politicians from the afd party with their populist anti immigrant rhetoric. In an animal alleyway close to the bar this man shows me some graffiti which shows the attacker might have been mean planning the attack earlier. He tells me the attackers website was up tells me the attackers website was up this wall, people walk past it and didnt think anything, didnt realise he was living leaving a message. Authorities are obtaining a clearer picture of the suspect, who is described as deeply racist and influenced by conspiracy theories. The streets of this neighbourhood are quiet today. The focus for police now is on whether the subject acted alone, or had support. The us President Donald Trump has criticised the Academy Awards for giving the best picture award to the south korean film parasite. The film, a dark comedy about class struggle and wealth inequality, made oscars history by becoming the first non english language movie to pick up the academys top award. It also won best director, best original screenplay and best international film. But President Trump doesnt seem to have been impressed. By the way, how bad were the Academy Award this year . Did you see them . Booing. And the winner is a movie from south korea . What the hell was that all about . We have enough problems with south korea with trade and on top of that, they give them the best movie of the year. Was it good . I dont know. Lets get gone with the wind, can we get gone with the wind back, please . Sunset boulevard. So many great movies. The winner is. From south korea. I thought it was best foreign film. Best foreign movie. No. Did this ever happen before . Well, the films distributors didnt take his comments lying down. They immediately hit back on twitter, joking that the president s anger is understandable, because he cant read. The film is, of course, subtitled for global audiences. Dot cotton one of the best loved characters in eastenders says shes left Albert Square for good. June brown, the 93 year old actress whos played the character for more than three decades, says she wont return to the show. But a spokesman for the soap said the door remains open for her to come back. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports dots . Dot, its only sunnier as soap farewells go, this was among the more low key. Dot cotton leaving a recorded message false on your file letter telling her she was the square. Just here to tell you that im off to ireland. Who is that i wonder . When the last episodes featuring her went out last month it was not clear whether they marked a permanent departure. This week she said that they did, telling the distinct nostalgia podcast that she had been unhappy with some recent storylines. Ive left for good, ive set myself off to ireland and thats where shell stay. I have loved eastenders. She joined the bbc one soap after it launched in 1985 and soon become a favourite with viewers who followed all of her up and downs, from her warm friendship with ethel to her troubled relationship with his son, nick. As well as gaining critical acclaim, a monologue lasting almost an entire episode earned june brown a bafta nomination. She has been an indispensable part of Albert Square for more than three decades, and the east enders Production Team says that should june ever want to return to playing one of tvs most beloved characters, they havent close the door on dots. East enders outflow music plays. Inside soap magazines news editor laura jayne tylerjoins us now, east enders without dot cotton, its almost unimaginable isnt it . |j know, its almost unimaginable isnt it . |j know, its huge news from jane, she has been at the heart of this show for 30 years now, but you know, the door is left open, we are used to seeing her away from the show for long periods of time, so i would love it if she came back. I wish there had been a bit more of the fa nfa re. There had been a bit more of the fanfare. Yes, she shows have slipped away didnt see . I think because dot does go away to visit family a lot people expected that she would be back at some point. She is only in ireland visiting family so it would be quite easy for hosting it back and see everyone. What is it that makes her such a popular character. She isjust makes her such a popular character. She is just an amazing character if you think back to some of the story shes had, the engagement on the london eye, nasty nick poisoning his own mum, shes incredible. Hopefully shell be back. There are a few characters in a few shows who managed to go this incredible distance, and you must really become the character or the character must become you eventually. Oh absolutely, if i go into the supermarket and spot the actor who plays ken barlow i am more likely to call him ken then i am bill, these characters have been in a home for so many years so i think that is what makes the magic. Being in our homes. Soaps reflect communities, there are people in communities, there are people in communities who live in one place their whole lives, so it is important to have people bear, and as for the others, so its sad to have people missing. It is a gruelling schedule, though . Soaps are on so many nights a week these days so it is hard for the fighters and the actors. I have so much respect for everyone in soaps because we know they work so hard, they work long hours, and of course she is 93, if i was as great as her at 903i she is 93, if i was as great as her at 9031 would be very proud of that. She also said she had a remarkable stage career as well, so there is a lot to her that people might not be aware of if they have only known her as dot cotton. Yes, absolutely, and she was in coronation street at one point as well, which is a viable soap. I love hit learning new things about her which is a rival soap. Thank you very much for coming in. The biggest overhaul of londons sewer system since the 19th century the thames tideway tunnel has reached a landmark point. The construction of the new super sewer will get to its Halfway Point this week. Ben thompson reports. Every time you flush, and wash in the capital, the water enters a Sewer Network over 1,000 miles long. It was built over 150 years ago, by the victorian engineerjoseph bazalgette. At that time, london was home tojust two Million People. Today, it is over eight million, and the old pipes are struggling to cope. But the real problem comes when it rains. The drains flood and raw sewage spills directly into the thames. Originally designed to overflow just a few times a year, it now happens around once a week. It means 39 Million Tonnes of raw sewage flow into the river thames every year, and so the supersewer will take that overspill and pump it directly to a treatment plant, helping keep the river clean. It is as wide as three london buses, and will eventually run for 15 miles across the city, roughly following the path of the thames. But it is a mammoth project. Work began in 2016, and it is not due to be finished until 2024. And with a nearly £5 billion price tag, it doesnt come cheap. Londoners will face higher bills to meet the cost, but with clearer pipes, and a cleaner river, updating the ancient infrastructure is long overdue. Ben thompson reporting. So many cheap gags we could have about following on from the super sewer but not suitable, not at this time of day. First a look at the business headlines and afternoon life. An Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane the british backpacker murdered in new zealand tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live the price of a first class stamp is going up from 70 to 76 pence. Second class stamps are going up from 61 to 65p. Its less than a year since prices last increased. Royal mail says its necessary to ensure the sustainability of the universal service. Some good news from the Manufacturing Sector today. Factory output is at a 10 month high, continuing a bounceback from its poor performance late last year, this all despite the disruption caused by the new coronavirus. Economists at the American Investment bankjp morgan have warned that human life as we know it could be threatened by Climate Change. In a dramatic report for its clients, the economists said there could be catastrophic outcomes unless action is taken. Whats this about google being sued by the us state of new mexico . Yes, it is a rather interesting case being taken by the attorney general in new mexico accusing google of using their educational products, loss of these products are things that you and i would use often like google maps, accusing them of using these to spy on School Students because these products are monitoring the users locations, perhaps a website they have visited, things like their youtube history and it is all without the knowledge or permission of their parents, and this is an interesting case as well because google products are widely used in us schools. The company says that it does follow the law and it doesnt use this data to sell targeted advertising in them a way that it might to you and me. The thing that strikes me as change or interesting about this story is that this type of Data Collection is the sort of thing that google does to everyone. The interesting thing about this case is that if you are under the age of 13 here in the United States then it is illegal for google to collect your data. The concern being raised in this lawsuit by the new Mexico Attorney general is that through in loophole this is precisely what google is doing, basically saying that peoples personal accounts have been fused with their educational accounts, because if you are under 13 you are allowed to open an educational account, and that is how google is able to collect this data, like your contacts, what websites you are browsing, video she might have watched on youtube. Google gave us a statement saying the allegations made in this lawsuit are factually wrong and that they do not use information from primary and secondary schools to target ads, but thisjust raises secondary schools to target ads, but this just raises and touches on broader concerns but i think everyone has about our privacy when it comes to these big Tech Companies. Yes, and increased focused on what Tech Companies are doing with our data, but i wonder, doing with our data, but i wonder, do you think they will be watching this case in google ho, because do you think if this goes against the new mexico that that sets a precedent for elsewhere in the us . Listen, even if this does not set a precedent for elsewhere in the us there is a sense that the tide is turning on these Tech Companies on issues of privacy. In the state of new york google already had to do a big pay out although they did not admit any wrongdoing, but they did come to an agreement over whether or not they targeted young kids using their youtube services. As i said, they did not admit any wrongdoing but they did pay a hefty fine. You also have the department ofjustice and other regulators here in the United States now considering anti trust investigations into google so i think the legal words of these companies certainly are mounting. I think that is a first initial stage of these companys lives where we have all enjoyed the benefits of these Free Services and i think now the idea of self regulation is going to move into a new era where we see more regulation coming from government authorities whether that is here in the United States or in the eu where they have said that too is a priority. Thank you for bringing is up to date on that. Thats it for me. A young Manchester United fan who wrote to liverpool manager jurgen klopp in a bid to stop his team winning the premier league title has received a personal reply from the reds boss. Daragh curley, from county donegal, wrote tojurgen klopp for a school assignment. The 10 year old asked if it would be possible for liverpool to lose some games so they would not win the league. Klopp wrote back, praising daraghs passion, but explaining liverpool could not drop points on his behalf. Liverpool are on course to win the premier league and have not lost a League Fixture so far this season. Well, we were Just Practising how to write letters, we werent going to actually send it, but then the sna paddy mcfadden liked it so much that he. Hes a Liverpool Supporter and he said, oh, we should send it, and i thought he was joking but he actually wasnt so i got this damp and licked one and i said, oh, this isnt a joke, and then he sent it. So what was in the letter that you sent toJuergen Klopp . DearJuergen Klopp, my name is daragh. I am ten years old. I go to glenswilly ns. I support man united and the reason i am writing is to complain. Liverpool are winning too many games if you win nine more games then you have the best unbeaten run in english football. Being a united fan that is very sad. So the next time liverpool play, please make them lose. You should just let the other team score. I hope i have convinced you to not win the league or win another match ever again. Take care. Yours sincerely, daragh. There was a little bit in the back of my brain that maybe because its a complaint and he doesnt get many of those he might, just might, respond but i didnt think he would. But he did. But then he did. When did the letter come . It was monday night, mammy went up to mcfaddens to get some cheese, and the person who owns the shop said oh, theres a letterfor you, and before i opened it i was like, oh, it might bejurgen klopp because it had royal mail on the stamp. Royal, ok. And then mammy was like, no, its not. And then i opened it and it wasjurgen klopp its there in front of you. He wrote, dear daragh, firstly i would like to thank you for writing to me. I know you did not send me good luck or anything like that but it is always good to hear from a young football fan no matter what so i appreciate you getting in touch. Unfortunately on this occasion i cannot grant your request, not through choice anyway. As much as you want liverpool to lose it is myjob to do everything that i can to help liverpool to win, as there are millions of people around the world who want that to happen, so i really do not want to let them down. Luckily for you, we have lost games in the past and we will lose games in the future, because that is football. You cant blame a boy for asking, can you time for a look at the Weather Forecast with chris. Next thing you know people will be asking if i can stop it raining but i dont think i can actually, we do have more rain on the way. You can see some flood defences there in the background, now the river levels are not warm down or dropping, we do not have any flood warnings in place across the river severn, but we still have two across that and 88 flood warnings elsewhere in the uk. Tonight, flood warnings have been targeting fairly Northern Areas away from the parts that have been affected by flooding in the recent days, but this rain could still call some local issues across Northern Ireland, scotland and the north of wales too. It is still pretty windy, goss getting up to 60 mph today. Overnight, that band of rain will reach southern england to all the end the night. It is a mild night in the south but with Colder Weather its heading into scotland, it will readily turn into snow over the hills with blizzard conditions across scottish hills through saturday, significant accumulations of snow to be expected. Further south the day does use two showers with significant accumulations of rain to be expected. There will still beef strong winds nationwide and then through saturday night you get this next pulse of rain. This one looks set to move into southern wales where you have got warnings for 20 to 40 millimetres of rain which is enough to call some localised flooding. That pressure system localised flooding. That pressure syste m m oves localised flooding. That pressure system moves into europe, following that, although the flood will be loitering across southern england, we begin to bring damp weather here for a we begin to bring damp weather here fora time, we begin to bring damp weather here for a time, with the best of the sunshine in scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England although there will be some wintry showers in there will be some wintry showers in the cold air. Sunday night and into monday the next low pressure is going to move through, this one bringing strong winds, 70 mph gusts, heavy rain and for a time some snow pushing on across the high ground of Northern England and scotland, so the weather could be disruptive for parts of scotland and Northern England as we head into the rush hour. That is the latest weather. Hello, youre watching afternoon live, im martine croxall. Today at 3 an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane, the british backpacker murdered in new zealand, tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. I will miss my darling grace until the last breath in my body leaves me. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. A ban in england on the sale of coal and fresh logs for burning on open fires and stoves in an attempt to cut pollution. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Looking ahead to a big rematch between two well known boxes. Face off, forced off. Well explain why tyson fury and Deontay Wilder wont come face to face at their weigh in. More in a bit. Thank you, and chris has the weather, net a storm to worry about but it could still be wet. That is right, the river levels are dropping but the bad news is there is more rain on the way it so we will be taking a look at what the impacts of that could be as we head into the weekend. Also coming up, a 10 year old Manchester United fan writes to liverpoolsjurgen klopp with a novel plan to stop them winning the league. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. A woman who supported the extremist Islamist Group Islamic State has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh, a 36 year old muslim convert from hayes in west london, was arrested after an Undercover Police operation. Shes admitted preparing an act of terrorism by asking an undercover officer to supply bombs. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Dominic Casciani has been following the case at the old bailey, and earlier gave us this update. This has been a sudden plea of guilty today in this case by Safiyya Shaikh, who is 36. She had been expected to go to trial later in the spring but this morning in a very brief hearing she admitted preparing an act of terrorism by asking Undercover Police officers for bombs, one of which going to leave in a hotel. Another would have been taken into st pauls cathedral where she would have detonated it. This is quite a significant win for counterterrorism officers here in london because the evidence she has admitted to today in effect means that had she not come into contact with these undercover officers and if she had come into contact with genuine is members and bomb plotters, she would have gone ahead with this case. She converted to islam many many years ago, that was an entirely normal thing but at some point in the recent past she became a follower of the is ideology, so much so that she stopped going to a local mosque where she had concerns that she may be effectively reported to the police by ordinary worshippers because of her extreme views. She then set about pushing extremist material online and it is there that she came into contact with these undercover officers who were trying to work out what she genuinely wanted to do, whether she had a genuine intention to attack any particular target in the uk or beyond. It was at that point that she revealed that she wanted to attack st pauls cathedral. In one message she said, i want to kill a lot, i would like to do a church, a day like christmas or easter. She sent a picture of st pauls cathedral and said i would like to do this place for sure. I would like to bomb and shoot till death. That was the key piece of evidence in this case. She followed it up by what prosecutors say was a reconnaissance operation where she visited the cathedral, took videos of the inside, its security arrangements, shared them with her contacts online, the undercover officers posing as extremists and then arranged to meet them in person. She believed that one of these undercover officers, a female officer, was going to be able to give her one or two home made bombs to attack targets in london. When shaikh handed over the bags for these bombs, she said she wanted them filled with explosives and that was the critical piece of evidence that led the metropolitan police to arrest her and caused these admissions of guilt today. The mother of Grace Millane, the british backpacker strangled in new zealand, has told a court her daughter died terrified and alone. Gillian millane was speaking via a video link, at the sentencing of her daughters murderer. The man, who cant be named for legal reasons, was jailed for life, and will serve a minimum of 17 years. He killed the student only hours after they met, on the eve of her 22nd birthday. In a victim impact statement, Gillian Millane told the man his actions had torn a hole in her heart. Our correspondent, shaima khalil, sent this report from auckland. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, Grace Millane spent a night out with this man. But, shortly after these pictures were captured, he murdered her. The killer has been jailed for life, with a minimum of 17 years without parole. A suppression court order means we still cannot reveal his identity. Graces mother gillian said her daughter would always be her sunshine. She addressed the killer directly via videolink, saying he had ripped a hole in her heart. You walked into our lives and destroyed grace in the pursuit of your own sexual gratification. Her brother declan was also emotional when he spoke about his little sister. This is the last place grace was seen alive, she had earlier met the man on tinder and cctv showed them together in bars around the city, before coming here, to where he lived. Within a few hours, she was strangled in his room. During the trial, the jury heard that graces killer took intimate photos of her dead body. He later put the corpse in a suitcase, and buried it in bush land on the outskirts of auckland. The chief Police Investigator criticised the defence, for arguing that graces death was a case of rough sex gone wrong. Strangling someone for five to ten minutes till they die is not rough sex. If people are going to use that type of defence, all it actually does is repeatedly revictimise the victim, and the victims family. Campaigners say men are increasingly using the rough sex argument as a defence to try to get away with murdering women. In many cases we have looked at, defendants often have a history of really Serious Violence against women that the jury might not be aware of. We know of at least three cases where killers have used this defence and gone on to kill again, so we need to see this within a wider pattern of Sexual Violence against women and girls. Graces mother said no sentence the killer got would match a life without her daughter, but the case that shocked a nation and devastated a family has finally come to an end. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, auckland. The British Embassy injapan says logistical problems have delayed an evacuation flight for holiday makers who were stranded on a cruise ship hit by coronavirus. The britons on the ship, the diamond princess, say theyre frustrated its taking so long to get them home. Laura bicker reports from yokahama. Just when the brits aboard the diamond princess thought it was all over, their plane has been delayed by almost a day. They had to watch passengers from other countries get their final medical checks and set off home while they remained in their cabins. Its just been one thing after another, and we can face the thought of 14 days, but then when you realise you have to wait for an evacuation flight its just been a bit nerve racking. The importance of this quarantine has become clear. Two elderly patients from this cruise ship have died, but there are questions about how effective that quarantine has been. Two australians who left here earlier this week and flew home have now tested positive for the virus. In south korea they are using every weapon at their disposal to combat an outbreak centred around this church. Daegu a city of over two Million People is at a standstill. The Defence Ministry has locked down military bases after several soldiers were confirmed with coronavirus. Two people have now died. There are over 200 cases and several hundred others say they have symptoms. Translation there are many fewer people here. Some car parks have closed and because there are so few people some shops have shut too. Translation a lot more people are Wearing Masks now. Its hard to find people who arent. The fear surrounding this virus has turned to frenzy in some places. Protesters in this ukrainian town attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus hit china. The president pleaded with them to show empathy. But there is still love in this time of coronavirus. In the philippines, over 200 couples got married at this mass wedding. They had to undergo Health Checks before the service. Even with the masks, its a welcome respite from the misery this outbreak has caused across the world. Laura bicker reporting. Well, elaine and john spencer from kent have been on board the diamond princess for the past six weeks. Theyve been quarantined in a room with no window or balcony. After being tested for the virus on sunday, theyve been told today that they have the all clear and will be returning to the uk. They sent the bbc their reaction from the ship. Weve packed, we are ready, our cases are out on the dock waiting to be transported and we have our hand luggage ready. Our room is tidy and weve now been waiting at least, id say, the last eight hours, if not the last two weeks. Before we actually say thank you to everyone, we actually want to say that we are quite conscious about the people that, the passengers that are still being left behind. The ones that are still in hospital and having treatment. The ones that have been put into hostels or housing facilities just so that they can be looked after and hopefully they will be going home soon. We think about all the people that have gone back to their own countries, americans, australians, new zealanders, canadians, and the list goes on. I hope for them that once they have done their two weeks quarantine they can all still go home to their families. A 29 year old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack at the London Central mosque near regents park yesterday. The victim, raafat maglad, who is in his 70s, was stabbed as he was leading the call to prayer. Earlier today he was escorted back into the mosque tojoin friday worship, after being treated in hospital. Hes been speaking to the bbc about the moments leading up to his attack. As you know, we dont left our head u nless as you know, we dont left our head unless the imam does it. I was halfway when i felt it was like someone hitting me with a brick. It was very someone hitting me with a brick. It was very terrible, all my body shook. I realised the blood was starting to flow and then ijust tried to feel the place and i found the wound. I covered it and i stood up the wound. I covered it and i stood up and on my way out i tried to find help. However, they sat me down to stop the bleeding and i didnt know the guy, he was behind. Tens of thousands of people have attended vigils in german city of hanau for the nine victims of a far right extremist who opened fire on two shisha bars. Many of those shot dead were kurdish immigrants. The German Government says the Security Threat from the far right remains very high. Our europe correspondent gavin lee reports from hanau. Outside the arena shisha bar this morning, the raw heartache and grief of families visiting the site where they lost their loved ones. Six people died at this bar. Six families devastated, as they try to understand what happened here. 35 year old mercedes had gone out for a pizza with friends when she was shot dead. Herfather, philip, tells me his world has fallen apart. Translation she was a lovely person, a lovely person. She has got two children that she has left behind, now she is dead. I dont really know what to do any more. Philip says his family have polish roots, and moved here 40 years ago where his daughters have grown up. He says he cannot understand the hatred that motivated the killer. Translation what goes on in someones head to do this, to go into the city and shoot people at close range . Then come here, shoot two people in the head in the car and then go in this kiosk and shoot some more . All young people, without any reason. He did not even know them hejust shot them. We are badly affected. Barbara has come to lay flowers for the friends of her son peter who survived after being shot and wounded she said by playing dead. Translation he came in here to eat pizza. He told me all of a sudden a young man came in, he started shooting at everyone, every single one of them. Everyone who moved, he shot. He hid on the floor with his friends and the guy kept shooting and shooting. He is the only one who had the chance to survive. All his friends who were next to him are now dead. There are people in this community who say they saw this coming, that hate speech has been becoming more commonplace and they lay the blame at the far right politicians from the afd party with their populist anti migrant rhetoric. In an alleyway close to the bar, one local resident shows me some old graffiti on the wall. A sign that the suspect may have long planned an attack here. Yes, this was here for one week, two weeks, with the internet address. He tells me that the attackers website was upon this wall. People walked past it, he saysm and did not think anything of it, didnt realise it meant anything, that he was leaving a message. Police painted over it yesterday. Authorities are obtaining a clearer picture of the suspect, 43 year old local man identified as tobias r. He is described as deeply racist and influenced by conspiracy theories. The streets of this neighbourhood are quiet today. The focus for police now is on whether the suspect acted alone or had support. Gavin lee, bbc news, germany. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. An Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane, the british backpacker murdered in new zealand,tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. Therell be no face off at the weigh in for the wilder fury heavyweight rematch organisers dont want any repeat of the shoving at yesterdays press conference. Premier League Leaders liverpool have suffered an injury blow with captainJordan Henderson ruled out for three weeks. Jonathanjoseph is on the wing for his 50th cap as eddiejones shuffles englands backline for sundays six nations game with ireland. Ill be back with more on those stories just after half past. Scientists in the United States say theyve used Artificial Intelligence to discover a powerful new antibiotic thats highly effective against drug resista nt bacteria. The researchers created a computer algorithm to search for molecules that kill bacteria. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh is here. What have they found . It is a lovely positive story. They have found this algorithm, think of it like a set of computer codes which effectively taught the ai, this Machine Learning tool, to recognise chemical compounds that potentially could kill bacteria. So once they had created the algorithm, they then set the ai loose on a whole range of thousands of different potential compounds that had been tried for all sorts of conditions and they asked it, they said, look we want you to look for something really unusual. Not the sort of Standard Approach to fighting bacteria and within a couple of hours it had come up within a couple of hours it had come up with one compound which had been a kind of rejected diabetes drug which had Amazing Properties against some of the most multi drug resistant bacteria. Some of the most multi drug resista nt bacteria. They tried it in mice who were infected and it cleared tb, it cleared a nasty stomach bug and they gave it a name. They gave it a name taken from the character howell, the ai computer in the film 2001. Hal. This is much needed as this has been a valid prescription of antibiotics . That is a thing, bacteria mutate and evolve naturally all of the time no matter what we do but if we ever use antibiotics and we dont use them wisely, because they have only been around ina wisely, because they have only been around in a mass use since the 50s, it gives them every time you use them a chance to develop resistance. So the antibiotic pipeline has really dried up. We havent had a new class of antibiotics since the late 80s so this could be a really good way to try and come up with new antibiotics was that it is not in the clinic yet, they havent tried it actually pill for patients yet but hopefully, it is promising and it will eventually being used for antibiotics. And the speed by which it was found is remarkable. Thank you. The prince of wales is to visit pontypridd this afternoon to meet flood hit communities. Parts of the south wales town was left underwater following storm dennis. Parts of the uk are bracing themselves for another weekend of rain, with the met office issuing a yellow weather warning for parts of Northern England and scotland. Tomos morgan is in pontypridd. What have they been coping with there . It has been a really difficult week for pontypridd. Last weekend, just 48 hours, a months worth of rain fell across the south wales valleys and in the centre of pontypridd, this footbridge connects the park with the high street and as you can see there is still a lot of debris from the big flooding that we saw here over the weekend. The river levels had driven so high that they had managed to come over the bridge, onto the high street and there was a dramatic footage of water streaming, a feat of water, streaming down the high street there on sunday morning. The south wales valley has been really affected by storm dennis. Several communities had to be evacuated. One community yesterday flooded for a second time due to the bad weather we have had over the week and as you mention, Prince Charles will be coming here later this afternoon to visit some of those places that have been affected and suffered due to the effects of the storm dennis. What will he be shown and how are these communities and businesses in particular being helped . We have seen several communities across the last week that have lost a huge amount stop here in pontypridd, it is the businesses that have been mostly damaged. Just walking along the high street, several are still close, cafe, restaurants, shops, still a long way from being reopened and there is still a lot of work to be done here. We have visited a number of streets and homes and communities that have had a downstairs com pletely that have had a downstairs completely ruined. Having to go through Insurance Services to try and rebuild their life belongings and rebuild their life belongings and the houses. One community in the neath valley on the other side of south wales that was only flooded in 2018 after storm callow, one gentleman told me he had just finished having his kitchen refitted and now he will have to go through that whole process once again after storm dennis so it is really had a huge impact on south wales was that storm callum. There was some and said they will put £10 million aside for those communities that have been badly affected and they are in conversations with the uk government about discussions of extra Financial Assistance to help those in south wales as have other communities across the uk been affected by storm dennis. Thank you very much. The government is to ban the sale in england of bags of coal and fresh logs for burning on open fires and in stoves. Ministers say coal and wet wood create air pollution that can cause Serious Health problems. They want people to switch to cleaner alternatives, as our correspondent katie austin reports. A cosy way to heat a home, but some materials commonly used as fuel mean wood burners can be very polluting. The logs sold by this business in buckinghamshire are all seasoned or dried, but many of the bundles you might buy from a petrol station or Garden Centre will contain wet wood, which emits more harmful particles and smoke. The government isnt going to ban stoves themselves, but in england it is going to stop the sale of wet wood and coalfor home burning. If you burn coal, and you burn wet wood, the smoke that comes out of that is causing a whole raft of nasty Health Conditions, from cardiovascular disease to cancer, asthma and there is clear data about that. It is good news, there is still so much more to be done on this issue of air pollution, and also the associated issue of healthy heat for people across the uk, but this is a good first step. In terms of the timescale, well, people have had warning, they first announced this policy about 18 months ago. It is not a sudden announcement. Sales of bagged traditional house coal and sales of small units of wet wood will be phased out by february next year. Loose coal sold direct to customers will end by 2023. Products will have to be labelled to show they comply, with local authorities enforcing the ban. It will stop, i think, the, the supermarkets and that selling bad wood, they have to check their wood. That is going to be the good side of it. The bad side of it is you are still going to get the people that willjust deliver a load of wood to anybody for a few bob. The move is meant to reduce rather than eliminate pollution from wood burners and stoves, and concerns have been raised over the impact on Rural Communities, but it is hoped people will be prompted to use cleaner fuels. Katie austin, bbc news. Lets speak to nigel yaxley, the managing director of the association of uk coal importers and producers. Thank you forjoining us. Start with the definition first of all. What do we mean by wet wood . |j the definition first of all. What do we mean by wet wood . I should perhaps start by saying that im not a wood expert, a cole expert but wet wood is really what we talk about when would is burnt pretty soon after it is cut, before it has been seasoned or dried. I knew you would know what it was. Who do you believe this ban will most greatly affect . Well, i think it is mainly in the rural environments that people are being affected. The vast majority of house coal is now banned in rural areas, infarms, house coal is now banned in rural areas, in farms, in house coal is now banned in rural areas, infarms, in remote communities. It would probably find it in the local pub in the country. In these sorts of places i dont think it is causing a major pollution issue. Most of the pollution issue. Most of the pollution that we are concerned about is actually in towns, cities, along busy roads and one of the real problems with this proposal is that it will force some of the poorest fuel users who are Burning House coal, to move to a more expensive alternative. There are manufactured solid fuels available but they are on average at least 30 more expensive than traditional house coal. The other alternative is that people may turn to wet wood and simply forage and collect that themselves and then the pollution from wet wood is significantly worse from wet wood is significantly worse from the pollution from coal. We are talking really about which is the least worst option. None of these things are really very good for the environment and it is the cumulative effect it has in the atmosphere, whether it is in the town of the country. Well, that is not quite right. If you are in the country and the smoke is well dispersed by a chimney, that is not having the same direct impact on people breathing fumes as it would in a town where it is more concentrated and also mixed with traffic fumes. We are certainly not trying to pretend that coal is perfect and doesnt cause any pollution. The problem with this proposal is that it is trying to switch people to wood which is actually more polluting. The evidence shows that even dried wood, mixes more positions than it is when bent on an open fire. Were not talking about about room heaters, we are talking about traditional open fires which is where you ed byrne traditional house coal. Surely there is an acceptance by your industry that eventually want to be using renewable sources of energy . E that eventually want to be using renewable sources of energy . . We all know we are heading for net to zero in 2050 by which time nobody would be able to leave their homes with gas either so yes, it is a matter of time scales and coal is being phased out of our generation by 2025 but there is still a significant ongoing market in production and this small market in an overall sense small market, so yes it wont last forever. There is no argument in my view to phase it out as quickly as one years time. Thank you. Time for a look at the weather. First we are going to canada where we have had the spectacular picture of the moon and the halo other way round it and some moon dogs as well and these caused by the mains light passing through ice crystals in the atmosphere and spits out the colours and gives us these rainbow effects was not i know youre particularly impressed with the moon dogs. Im fascinated by the name, why theyre being called dog. The one you didnt know. No, it is public and from sailors and sun dogs, something that you find around the sun and sailors properly going across the sky and these things were following the sun around so the idea that it follows just like a master does which is when i did wear this dog thing came from. That is good enough for me. Knew what you are in impressed by this i got another picture for you. It isa this i got another picture for you. It is a bit different, isnt it . A bit easier to explain. There is immune. Moving on. Talk to us about rain and how wet it has been this winter. It hasnt been that wet. December and january, the real wet weather we had was in autumn where across a large part of finland and wales we had between 30 and 50 more rain than normal. Parts of england and wales. Does a little bit wetter in december across parts of the midlands and southern england and those at the blue colours you can see here. Looking at january, the browns actually say it has been drier than normalforce the browns actually say it has been drier than normal force of the whites tell you it has been roundabout average so no great rainfall anomalies until we get to february, the dark blues telling you that some places have had twice as much rain as normal. In a way, we had so much water in the ground left over from had so much water in the ground left overfrom orton had so much water in the ground left over from orton that it was the cumulative effect from storm ciara and then storm dennis that there was so much water left in the ground. And more rain for some people . Yes, the river levels are dropping which is good news that we do have more rain on the way. At the moment, we dont have any severe flood warnings on the river severn, they have all gone. The severe flood warnings are now on stretches of the river lugg and the river wye but there are still over 80 flood warnings elsewhere. Today was s rain hasnt been falling on those places that we have had the severe flood warnings. It has been on areas further north, scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales. That said, in the last few hours we started to see the number of flood warnings in scotla nd see the number of flood warnings in scotland just increase as a result of todays rain. We have got a bit more wet weather to come. Quite windy as well, gusts of 40, 50 mph. 60 mph in some places across the east of scotland. Through the nights that rim will be pushing its way southward so that will come back over wales and the midlands. Further north and west we have showers packing across scotland, still some strong winds and the shower is increasingly turning to snow across the hills so we are talking about blizzard conditions across some of those higher routes in scotland and a similar picture here on saturday with some significant accumulation of snow. Further south, the rain tends to ease motor showers as we go to the day. Miles across southern areas in quite a contrast to the north, temperatures in edinburgh just around five celsius but with a cold and a strong gusty wind. The next system to watch come through on saturday night. This one is at the moment targeting the south wales sewer areas that have completely saturated and this extra rain, 20 to 40 millimetres so this cause limo could cause problems with local Flooding Issues. This does put out of the way on sunday but it is dragging its heels across the south sofas on sunday it stays quite cloudy, and damp. Further north west, a bit more in the way of sunshine but still showers and they will be falling wintry again over the ground in scotland. Temperatures are six or seven in the north but it is still mild in the south, 11 or 12 degrees. Sunday night into monday, another area of low pressure which will be bringing strong winds and gusts of 70 mph. Heavy rain in areas of the uk and we could see heavy snow across the hills of scotland and Northern England and that could bring some disruption as we head into the first part of monday morning, perhaps affecting the monday morning rush hour to work. That is your latest weather. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane the british backpacker murdered in new zealand tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. The Food Standards Agency says there are now around 2. 4 million cases of Food Poisoning every year in england, wales and Northern Ireland up from an estimated one million in 2009. Sport now on afternoon live with ben mundy, and lets talk about tomorrow nights big fight. Well have the weigh in later but no face off between tyson fury and Deontay Wilder whys that . Well, organisers of the heavyweight rematch in las vegas have basically move to stop any chance of an onstage class tonight. Both boxes have been throwing the usual insults at each other for what seems like month, even years now, but at wednesdays press conference the pair actually ended up shoving each other. It all got a bit heated. Something similar happened before this first flight back in 2018 so the Nevada State Athletic Commission looking back on this is looking to scrap it in a seemingly unprecedented moves. From champion lennox lewis has told us who he is backing. I think its going to be unbelievable fight. I think its tyson fury comes out there he wants to try not come out in the first couple of friends, he will try. He is that type of guy to do that but if that doesnt work for him he will resort back to his boxing and we will see tyson fury moving around and doing all kinds of things and maybe leading with the jab more. It really depends on the strategy of both fighters advise each boxer and for the boxer to listen, you know, for the guy who wants to when to be able to do what to win to be able to do what he needs to do in the ring. Martine, weigh in this evening. The fight, saturday night into sunday morning. Just hope it lives up to the first clash, when fury rose from the canvas twice to draw with wilder. Cant wait. Bit of a blow this. Their captain Jordan Henderson has been ruled out for up to three weeks. Hes made 34 appearances for the premier League Leaders this season, scoring three goals. But its his work in the build up and off the ball that liverpool fans will tell you is the reason hes been such a success. Hes picked up a hamstring injury though, sustaining that during in this weeks Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid. Weve had a look at their fixtures and he could now miss liverpools next three premier League Matches and the fa cup tie at chelsea. But in the words ofjurgen klopp, he said earlier three weeks is not cool, but we are still lucky. Now, the womens t20 world cup has onlyjust started in australia. But already a shock. The hosts and favourites lost to india, in sydney earlier. India made 132 for 4, aided by 49 not out from deepti sharma. Spinner poonam yadav took four wickets, as defending champions australia fell 17 runs short of their target. England play their first match in the tournament on sunday against south africa. Theyve been training in the nets at the waca in perth today. They were the beaten finalists two years ago, so they know whats required to go the distance says bowler, Anya Shrubsole. I think what there is is its probably five or six teams who are really in with a shout of winning this turn are meant so we will have to be at our best, i think if we play our best cricket we are certainly a match for any team and we have got plenty of world class players throughout our line up as well. With 2020 it is just about getting on a bit of a winning run, is a quick tournament and if you get another old things can be hard to stop. England head coach eddiejones has reshuffled his backline for their six nations match against ireland at twickenham on sunday. Jonathan joseph will start on the wing, earning his 50th cap. Elliot daly returns to full back to replace George Furbank whos out injured. While, manu tuilangi and ben youngs are both back in the starting fifteen. While in the womens six nations. Harlequins scrumhalf leanne riley will get her first start for england, against ireland at a sold out castle park in doncaster. Shell partner the returning Katy Daly Mclean at flyhalf. Prop Hannah Botterman is ruled out with injury, so uncapped Detysha Harper is on the bench. And the innovative steering system introduced by mercedes which allows Lewis Hamilton and team mate Valtteri Bottas to alter the angle of their front wheels will be banned from 2021. Yes, its onlyjust been brought in, but its caused real controversy during pre season testing in barcelona this week. Mercedes have been cleared to use the system this season though. It sees drivers push and pull the Steering Wheel to alter the wheels. Thats all the sport for now more in the next hour. Thank you ben. The coronaVirus Outbreak could have a huge impact on world trade. Airlines say it could cost them more than 20 billion pounds, and theres growing concern for the Global Supply chains of a range of products from cars to smartphones. Our Business Correspondent theo legget says the Airline Industry is already starting to feel the impact of cancelled flights to and from china. The National Transport Association Says that it thinks this year it will cost the industry £22. 6 billion, so thats a big impact and that depends on the outbreak remaining centred in china. The International Air transport association. If it spreads further, the impact could be greater but already we are looking at a 13 reduction in demand in the Asia Pacific Region, now for the Airline Industry thats an area that is growing very fast and it means for the first time in more than a decade, it is expected that this year will see a decline in air transport, which has normally been growing year after year, so theres that. Again in china, the car industry has been a victim of this. Sales have fallen off a cliff. 92 down in the first two weeks in february. Basically, people arent going to the showrooms and most of the showrooms are shut anyway. That affects manufacturers like britains Jaguar Land Rover, because they make a lot of cars for the Chinese Market. Its one of their biggest markets. So these are impacts we are already seeing, but there is a more severe potential impact which is that china is the manufacturer to the world, so enormous amounts of parts and finished products are made in china, theyre put on container ships and weeks later they arrive in europe, they arrive on our shores and go into our shops. And at the moment, the factories, many of them are still shut, they are not opening up as quickly as people thought they would after the Lunar New Year holiday when a lot of activity was suspended, that means that the shipping companies cant fill their ships, so a lot of the sailings arent happening. The shipping Company Maersk, for example, has cancelled some 50 sailings, and these are big vessels that are normally crammed with products coming from china. What that means is that businesses which rely on parts from china, again we can talk about Jaguar Land Rover, they say that if things dont improve, within weeks theyre going to be struggling, so if you dont have parts, you cant make products. They are having to find parts elsewhere, Jaguar Land Rover said this week that they are sending people to china who are bringing things back in suitcases, they need them that badly. Theres the possibility that finished goods for clothing chains, there might be a shortage of those, and even if all the factories in china resumed production today, we would still probably see some kind of problems in the next few weeks because it does take several weeks for those goods to leave the chinese factories and arrive on our shores, and at the moment, there arent as many out there on the ocean is normally there would be. And this is all assuming that, as you say, it stays centred on china and asia . Yes, what people are saying at the moment is that there will be an impact but it could be relatively limited. Its what they call a v shaped downturn, so you see a drop in activity and then it picks up again very quickly. But, the issue is if that depends on the outbreak remaining confined to southeast asia, particularly in china, but if there are signs that it spreads a lot and were already seeing this outbreak in south korea, if it expands through the region, then the disruption will be greater, potentially an order of magnitude greater, so thats what people are worried about at the moment. If things stay as they are now, and the Health Authorities get a grip and the virus stops spreading, then it will be a limited term impact, but if it does spread and it gets out of hand, then you have a big problem. Not one Business Correspondent to bring us the latest Business News here ina bring us the latest Business News here in a moment but first the headlines. An Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. The mother of Grace Millane the british backpacker murdered in new zealand tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live the price of a first class stamp is going up from 70 to 76 pence. Second class stamps are going up from 61 to 65p. Its less than a year since prices last increased. Royal mail says its necessary to ensure the sustainability of the universal service. Some good news from the Manufacturing Sector today. Factory output is at a ten month high, despite the disruption caused by the new coronavirus. Economists at the American Investment bankjp morgan have warned that human life as we know it could be threatened by Climate Change. In a dramatic report for its clients, the economists said there could be catastrophic outcomes unless action is taken. The rain is still falling and causing more headaches for those in flooding areas. Insurance is the big issue. Because you have a clean up and then you have to paying for the clean up and often householders and businesses in flood prone area simply cannot get insurance and increasingly, of course, are being hit more and more frequently. So a question that i think many are asking is how we can actually make life easierfor asking is how we can actually make life easier for householders and businesses in those areas. Professor paula jarzakowski is an expert on insurance and Climate Change at cass business school. What kind of rethink do you believe is required . Under Climate Change i think a rethink of the system is needed. When before the premiums of this menu to pay for the losses of the few,. Menu to pay for the losses of the few,. Those people menu to pay for the losses of the few,. Those people were seeing now cant get Flood Insurance except some under limited conditions can get Flood Insurance from flood me, a scheme that is subsidising these in flood plain areas, but it is a partial scheme it is not a complete scheme. I think we need to consider that this is going to get worse and if we want to eat people protected because unless we do we will still have to pay for their clean up we are going to have to consider different ways of doing insurance and we will definitely have to link it to much better resilience. Might pa rt it to much better resilience. Might part of the solution bay, especially in the short term in the near term well we are dealing with these increase flooding events, perhaps a system where they risk doesnt really affect your premium, everyone pays a flat fee . In a sense, that is not quite what the system is doing but it is certainly taking a certain amount from everybodys policy, yours and mine in order to subsidise those who are at risk. I think that isa those who are at risk. I think that is a good solution but i am also concerned that by doing that we knock out the pricing signal that is important. The reason those householders get charged more is because their properties are more at risk. That is not necessarily their fault, they are living in areas with Legacy Assets and Climate Change is changing things for them. Nonetheless, if we suppress the pricing signal we are kind of letting off the hook planning and agencies and environment agencies that also need to do their part in changing these policies to make properties more livable. We have heard from local people who say they dont think preventative measures have been put in place in local rivers arent being dredged. Have you put any research or comparisons into which cost more, the preventative methods or the cost of cleaning up after a flood . There has been some research that shows preventative measures are definitely superior to fixing methods later on. Nonetheless we have to think about who is paying for what when. We are talking about infrastructure where we might not get the benefits for three orfour years. We might not get the benefits for three or four years. Climate proofing might not happen in a short term political cycle. You wont know for work if it works because if it works we wont have a disaster, which means we have to really change the way we are thinking about long Term Investment within short term political cycles. 0k, within short term political cycles. Ok, that was a professor from within short term political cycles. Ok, that was a professorfrom cass business school, thank you very much for joining business school, thank you very much forjoining us today. Why is this little creature driving the internet wild . Baby yoder is what he has been called, its not his official name but he is kind of breaking the internet to a degree perhaps because he is very cute. The show he is featured on is not available yet here in the uk but it will be soon and im sure fans of star wars will be sure to have heard of it. The mandalorian, a new streaming tv series launching here next month, and one of its key characters. So called baby yoda has become a social media hit since the disney series launched in the us. And now the inevitable toys are about to hit the shelves along with all manner of other merchandise. We sent Michelle Fleury to the new york toy fair to see baby yoda in the fluff. The mandalorian, disney pluss new star wars series, has had a big impact on Popular Culture thanks to one small but central character. Hes been a tv star for months already, a massive hit on social media and now finally the child, a. K. A. Baby yoda, is available as a toy so you too can live out your memes. Its just a testament to the power of social media. The character was introduced in november and already its become a worldwide phenomenon. Given its success, why keep fans waiting . This lucasfilm executive defended the lack of official merchandise last christmas, a move that may have cost disney 3 million in sales. We live in a world where leaks are very difficult to manage so we all agreed we wouldnt release assets on the character until the show had aired and worked out. That desire for secrecy created a similar problem when the first star wars films came out. Back in 1977, there was no Product Development when the film came out. They ended up shipping empty boxes to consumers, what was known as an Early Bird Special so there is definitely a precedent. Brands havejumped on board, and forget getting you hands on this baby yoda, it is already the biggest pre selling funko pop figure of all time. Disney and its partners like hasbro these companies are hoping the popularity of the mandalorian and the child, known by many as baby yoda, will create the next big hit in the toy market and that turning up late wont cost too much and profits. Michelle fleury, bbc news. Is it on your christmas list . |j is it on your christmas list . I know its a bit early. It wont be online. Nor mine, its Something Else to dust. See you later some proper numbers. The market stuff, yes, see you laterfor that. A young Manchester United fan who wrote to liverpool manager jurgen klopp in a bid to stop his team winning the premier league title has received a personal reply from the reds boss. Daragh curley, from county donegal, wrote tojurgen klopp for a school assignment. The 10 year old asked if it would be possible for liverpool to lose some games so they would not win the league. Klopp wrote back, praising daraghs passion, but explaining liverpool could not drop points on his behalf. Liverpool are on course to win the premier league and have not lost a League Fixture so far this season. Well, we were Just Practising how to write letters, we werent going to actually send it, but then the sna paddy mcfadden liked it so much that he. Hes a Liverpool Supporter and he said, oh, we should send it, and i thought he was joking but he actually wasnt so i got this stamp and licked one and i said, oh, this isnt a joke, and then he sent it. So what was in the letter that you sent toJuergen Klopp . Dearjurgen klopp, my name is daragh. I am ten years old. I go to glenswilly ns in donegal. I support man united and the reason i am writing is to complain. Liverpool are winning too many games if you win nine more games then you have the best unbeaten run in english football. Being a united fan that is very sad. So the next time liverpool play, please make them lose. You should just let the other team score. I hope i have convinced you to not win the league or win another mamtch ever again. Take care. Yours sincerely, daragh. There was a little bit in the back of my brain that maybe because its a complaint and he doesnt get many of those he might, just might, respond but i didnt think he would. But he did. But then he did. When did the letter come . It was monday night, mammy went up to mcfaddens to get some cheese, and the person who owns the shop said oh, theres a letterfor you, and before i opened it i was like, oh, it might bejurgen klopp because it had royal mail on the stamp. Royal, ok. And then mammy was like, no, its not. And then i opened it and it wasjurgen klopp its there in front of you. He wrote, dear daragh, firstly i would like to thank you for writing to me. I know you did not send me good luck or anything like that but it is always good to hear from a young football fan no matter what so i appreciate you getting in touch. Unfortunately on this occasion i cannot grant your request, not through choice anyway. As much as you want liverpool to lose it is myjob to do everything that i can to help liverpool to win, as there are millions of people around the world who want that to happen, so i really do not want to let them down. Luckily for you we have lost games in the past and we will lose games in the future, because that is football. Keep trying and jurgen klopp has responded to the story today, saying he has no problems with the supporters of other football clubs, even arch rivals Manchester United. It was just it wasjust nice, it was just nice, it was nice, it wasjust nice, it was nice, it was cheeky, i was happy at that time of the day so i read the letter and i replied, and it is where it is now and it is a private thing, i get a letter, i respond it the next day and then it is in the newspapers, i dont like that too much but fine, oh fine, but i have no problem with supporters of other clubs, i think and hope and know it is a free world so we can choose our club. I dont think that everybody has to be a liverpool ban but i like working for liverpool ban but i like working for liverpool and i like the rivalry we have but i love it more if we can keep that on the pitch and so apart from that, they can be happy and we should be happy and hope daragh is now happy and he looks like that in the picture i saw later. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris. In many places the river levels are continuing to slowly chop. Even the seven was one of those that was really badly affected. Now they are concentrated in Hampton Bishop where they have problems on the a look and they have problems on the a look and the river wye as well. Todays rain is not falling on the river seven caption though, it is further north. It is also going to stay quite windy with gusts of around 50 or even 60 mph for a time across Northern Hills and to the east on high ground as well. It is a mild day and looking at the weather picture overnight we do see this band of rain push its way southwards, so we will start to see rain pushing across south wales and southern areas of england where ground water flooding is a concern. It isa ground water flooding is a concern. It is a mild night though for much of england and wales, cold weather filtering in across rutland where they will increasingly be snow showers, which means we could see blizzard conditions in the high mountains on saturday here, with significant accumulations of snow. We are looking at a blustery kind of day, line mild in the south, and looking at the picture through saturday night we have more rain in the forecast, targeting southern wales which could cause some further localised Flooding Issues. The weather system responsible for the rain pulls away during saturday night and into sunday but is still close enough to southern england to bring cloudy skies and some damp weather for quite a bring cloudy skies and some damp weatherfor quite a time bring cloudy skies and some damp weather for quite a time across the south. Further north we have got some quite organise snow showers where it will continue to be pretty windy but there should be some sunshine as well, the best of the sunshine as well, the best of the sunshine across Northern Areas. Temperatures of six to 12 degrees. Another area of low pressure is on its way and for a time we may see a speu its way and for a time we may see a spell of snow across some of the hills in Northern England and scotland. Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Today at 4 an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. A muslim prayer leader says he forgives his attacker, after returning to the mosque where he was stabbed, and has been describing the moment it happened. All my body shook. And i recognised that the blood was starting to flow and then i just that the blood was starting to flow and then ijust tried to feel the place and i found a wound and i covered it and i stood up, running to have help. A ban in england on the sale of coal and fresh logs for burning on open fires and stoves in an attempt to cut pollution. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. A big rematch for boxing fans to look forward to. When us two meet in the canteen martine, we shake hands right . Not tyson fury and Deontay Wilder and that means no weigh in face off. Thank you and we will also have the Weather Forecast from chris. Thank you and we will also have the weatherforecast from chris. River levels continue to drop but we have more rain in the forecast so i will be taking a look at the all important be taking a look at the all importa nt weekend Weather Forecast in detail coming up a little bit later on. Also coming up in news nationwide a 10 year old Manchester United fan writes to liverpoolsjurgen klopp with a novel plan to stop them winning the league. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Lets go straight to south wales. This is pontypridd which is being visited this afternoon by Prince Charles. He is going there to see residents in the town whose homes and businesses were very badly affected last weekend because of storm dennis. There were hundreds of Properties Across south wales that we re Properties Across south wales that were flooded and residents reported that the sound of what sounded like an explosion as some of the floodwaters hit their properties in the middle of the night. Clearly a big clean up operation still to be finished. Our correspondent is there for us this afternoon. He was showing us just for us this afternoon. He was showing usjust some for us this afternoon. He was showing us just some of the debris that has been left behind by these flood waters. Storm dennis at last weekend followed hot on the heels after storm ciara the weekend before. It was very much the winds which were the problem previously but it was the rain and the following flooding which caused problems for places like pontypridd over the weekend. We will go back when those pictures have settled down a little bit. Our main street this afternoon. A woman who supported the extremist Islamist Group Islamic State has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh, a 36 year old muslim convert from hayes in west london, was arrested after an Undercover Police operation. Shes admitted preparing an act of terrorism by asking an undercover officer to supply bombs. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Dominic Casciani has been following the case at the old bailey, and earlier gave us this update. This has been a sudden plea of guilty today in this case by Safiyya Shaikh, who is 36. She had been expected to go to trial later in the spring but this morning in a very brief hearing she admitted preparing an act of terrorism by asking Undercover Police officers for bombs, one of which she was going to leave in a hotel. Another would have been taken into st pauls cathedral where she would have detonated it. This is quite a significant win for counterterrorism officers here in london because the evidence she has admitted to today in effect means that had she not come into contact with these undercover officers and if she had come into contact with genuine is members and bomb plotters, she would have gone ahead with this case. She converted to islam many many years ago, that was an entirely normal thing but at some point in the recent past she became a follower of the is ideology, so much so that she stopped going to a local mosque where she had concerns that she may be effectively reported to the police by ordinary worshippers because of her extreme views. She then set about pushing extremist material online and it is there that she came into contact with these undercover officers who were trying to work out what she genuinely wanted to do, whether she had a genuine intention to attack any particular target in the uk or beyond. It was at that point that she revealed that she wanted to attack st pauls cathedral. In one message she said, i want to kill a lot, i would like to do a church, a day like christmas or easter. She sent a picture of st pauls cathedral and said i would like to do this place for sure. I would like to bomb and shoot till death. That was the key piece of evidence in this case. She followed it up by what prosecutors say was a reconnaissance operation where she visited the cathedral, took videos of the inside, its security arrangements, shared them with her contacts online, the undercover officers posing as extremists and then arranged to meet them in person. She believed that one of these undercover officers, a female officer, was going to be able to give her one or two home made bombs to attack targets in london. When shaikh handed over the bags for these bombs, she said she wanted them filled with explosives and that was the critical piece of evidence that led the metropolitan police to arrest her and to these admissions of guilt today. The British Embassy injapan says logistical problems delayed an evacuation flight for holiday makers who were stranded on a cruise ship hit by coronavirus. The britons on the ship, the diamond princess, say theyre frustrated its taking so long to get them home. These are the live pictures of the vessels and waiting to take them away. Laura bicker reports from yokahama. Just when the brits aboard the diamond princess thought it was all over, their plane has been delayed by almost a day. They had to watch passengers from other countries get their final medical checks and set off home while they remained in their cabins. Its just been one thing after another, and we can face the thought of 14 days, but then when you realise you have to wait for an evacuation flight its just been a bit nerve racking. The importance of this quarantine has become clear. Two elderly patients from this cruise ship have died, but there are questions about how effective that quarantine has been. Two australians who left here earlier this week and flew home have now tested positive for the virus. In south korea they are using every weapon at their disposal to combat an outbreak centred around this church. Daegu a city of over two Million People is at a standstill. The Defence Ministry has locked down military bases after several soldiers were confirmed with coronavirus. Two people have now died. There are over 200 cases and several hundred others say they have symptoms. Translation there are many fewer people here. Some car parks have closed and because there are so few people some shops have shut too. Translation a lot more people are Wearing Masks now. Its hard to find people who arent. The fear surrounding this virus has turned to frenzy in some places. Protesters in this ukrainian town attacked buses carrying evacuees from coronavirus hit china. The president pleaded with them to show empathy. But there is still love in this time of coronavirus. In the philippines, over 200 couples got married at this mass wedding. They had to undergo Health Checks before the service. Even with the masks, its a welcome respite from the misery this outbreak has caused across the world. Laura bicker reporting. Well, elaine and john spencer from kent have been on board the diamond princess for the past six weeks. Theyve been quarantined in a room with no window or balcony. After being tested for the virus on sunday, theyve been told today that they have the all clear and will be returning to the uk. They sent the bbc their reaction from the ship. Weve packed, we are ready, our cases are out on the dock waiting to be transported and we have our hand luggage ready. Our room is tidy and weve now been waiting at least, id say, the last eight hours, if not the last two weeks. Before we actually say thank you to everyone, we actually want to say that we are quite conscious about the people that, the passengers that are still being left behind. The ones that are still in hospital and having treatment. The ones that have been put into hostels or housing facilities just so that they can be looked after and hopefully they will be going home soon. We think about all the people that have gone back to their own countries, americans, australians, new zealanders, canadians, and the list goes on. I hope for them that once they have done their two weeks quarantine they can all still go home to their families. The coronaVirus Outbreak could have a huge impact on world trade. Airlines say it could cost them more than £20 billion and theres growing concern for the Global Supply chains of a range of products from cars to smartphones. Our Business Correspondent theo legget says the Airline Industry is already starting to feel the impact of cancelled flights to and from china. The International Air transport Association Says it thinks that this year it will cost the industry £22. 6 billion. That is a big impact and that depends on the outbreak remaining centred in china. If it spreads further, the impact could be greater but already we are looking at a 13 reduction in demand in the Asia Pacific Region. For the Airline Industry that is an area that is growing very very fast and it means the first time in more than a decade it is expected that this year will see a decline in air transport which has normally been growing year after year. Again in china, the car industry has been a big victim of all of this. Sales have fallen off a cliff. 92 down in the first two weeks in february. Basically, people arent going to the showrooms and most of them are shut anyway. That affects manufacturers like britains Jaguar Land Rover because they make a lot of cars for the Chinese Market. It is one of their biggest markets so these are impacts we are already seeing. But there is a more severe potential impact which is that china is a manufacturer to the world so enormous amounts of finished products and parts are made in china, put on container ships and weeks later they arrive in europe and on our shores, they go into our shops and at the moment, the factories, many of them are still shut, theyre not opening up as quickly as people thought they would after the Lunar New Year holiday when a lot of activity was suspended, that means that the shipping companies cant fill their ships so a lot of the sailings arent happening. The shipping Company Maersk for example has cancelled some 50 sales and there are big vessels that are normally crammed with products from china and what this means is that businesses which rely on parts from china, again we can talk about Jaguar Land Rover, they say if things dont improve, within weeks they are going to be struggling. If you dont have parts, you cant make products. Theyre having to find parts elsewhere, Jaguar Land Rover has said this week they are sending people to china who can bring things back in suitcases because they need them that badly. There is the possibility that finished goods for clothing chains, there might be a shortage of those. Even if all the factories in china resume production today, we would still probably see some kind of problems in the next few weeks because it does take several weeks for those goods to leave the chinese factories and arrive on our shores and at the moment, there arent as many out there on the ocean as normally there would be. And this is all assuming that, as you say, it says centred on china and asia . Yes, what people are saying at the moment is that there will be an impact but it could be relatively limited. It is what they call a v shaped a downturn so you see a drop in activity and then it picks up again very very quickly but the issue is that that depends on the outbreak remaining confined to southeast asia, particularly in china but if there are signs that it spreads a lot and we are already seeing this outbreak in south korea, if it expands through the region then the disruption will be greater, potentially an order of magnitude greater so that is what people are worried about at the moment. If things stay as they are now, the Health Authorities get a grip and the virus stops spreading, then it will be a limited term impact but if it does spread and gets out of hand, then you have a big problem. A 29 year old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack at the London Central mosque near regents park yesterday. The victim, raafat maglad, who is in 70s, was stabbed as he was leading the call to prayer. Earlier today he was escorted back into the mosque tojoin friday worship, after being treated in hospital. Hes been speaking to the bbc about the moments leading up to his attack. As you know, we dont, i mean, lift our head unless the imam, you know, does it. So the imam lifted up his head. I was halfway when i felt like someone hitting me with a brick. It was something very. It was not the stab that i. It was very terrible, i cant even. All my body shook. I recognised that the blood was starting to flow and then ijust tried to feel the place and i found the wound. I covered it and i stood up and i made my way out running to have help. I didnt run that far, ijust walked. However, they sat me down to stop the bleeding and i didnt know the guy who. He was behind me. The mother of Grace Millane, the british backpacker strangled in new zealand, has told a court her daughter died terrified and alone. Gillian millane was speaking via a video link, at the sentencing of her daughters murderer. The man, who cant be named for legal reasons, was jailed for life, and will serve a minimum of 17 years. He killed the student only hours after they met, on the eve of her 22nd birthday. In a victim impact statement, Gillian Millane told the man his actions had torn a hole in her heart. Our correspondent, shaima khalil, sent this report from auckland. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, Grace Millane spent a night out with this man. But, shortly after these pictures were captured, he murdered her. The killer has been jailed for life, with a minimum of 17 years without parole. A suppression court order means we still cannot reveal his identity. Graces mother gillian said her daughter would always be her sunshine. She addressed the killer directly via videolink, saying he had ripped a hole in her heart. Her brother declan was also emotional when he spoke about his little sister. This is the last place grace was seen alive, she had earlier met the man on tinder and cctv showed them together in bars around the city, before coming here, to where he lived. Within a few hours, she was strangled in his room. During the trial, the jury heard that graces killer took intimate photos of her dead body. He later put the corpse in a suitcase, and buried it in bush land on the outskirts of auckland. The chief Police Investigator criticised the defence, for arguing that graces death was a case of rough sex gone wrong. Strangling someone for five to ten minutes till they die is not rough sex. If people are going to use that type of defence, all it actually does is repeatedly revictimises the victim, and the victims family. Campaigners say men are increasingly using the rough sex argument as a defence to try to get away with murdering women. In many cases we have looked at, defendants often have a history of really Serious Violence against women that the jury might not be aware of. We know of at least three cases where killers have used this defence and gone on to kill again, so we need to see this within a wider pattern of Sexual Violence against women and girls. Graces mother said no sentence the killer got would match a life without her daughter, but the case that shocked a nation and devastated a family has finally come to an end. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, auckland. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. More frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed. A muslim prayer leader says he forgives his attacker after returning to the mosque where he was stabbed. Enough is enough. The face off at tonights weigh in for the wilder fury heavyweight rematch is cancelled. Organisers dont want a repeat of the shoving premier League Leaders liverpool have suffered an injury blow. Captain Jordan Hendersons been ruled out for three weeks because of a hamstring problem. And, Half Way Point in the six nations. Not the only milestone. Jonathanjoseph gets his 50th cap as eddiejones shuffles englands backline for sundays ireland game. Ill be back with morejust ill be back with more just after half past. The prince of wales is visiting pontypridd this afternoon to meet flood hit communities. Parts of the south wales town was left underwater following storm dennis. The uk is bracing itself for another weekend of rain, with the met office issuing a yellow weather warning for parts of Northern England and scotland. Tomos morgan is in pontypridd. We canjoin him now. What is Prince Charles expecting to see . He has just visited a boutique shop a little bit further down the road here and he will be coming up this straight. This is the high street in pontypridd. At its worst, the water came all the way out here and it was feet deep down the centre where it dips into the middle there. You will be visiting this cafe and they have lost a huge amount of business from the flooding that happened here over the flooding that happened here over the weekend. They make all their bread downstairs and all of their equipment have been completely ruined by the flooding that happened here injust 48 hours ruined by the flooding that happened here in just 48 hours a ruined by the flooding that happened here injust 48 hours a months ruined by the flooding that happened here in just 48 hours a months worth of rain fell across south wales was stop at a huge impact on the community is here. The other shop he has just visited here community is here. The other shop he hasjust visited here in community is here. The other shop he has just visited here in south wales lost tens of thousands of pounds worth of business due to ruined stock and that is the case really. A number of the shops here are still closed from the devastation that has happened due to storm dennis and the water that flooded through this town on sunday. It is going to take quite a while for these communities to rebuild. A number had to be evacuated after the storm and it is one of those storms that will have an impactfor one of those storms that will have an impact for quite some time to come. We havent seen flooding like this for decades really in these communities. Some of them have never seen anything like it at all, ever. I think many of them will be interested to see. I think prince cha rles interested to see. I think Prince Charles visit here will be some sort of help to these communities that have been affected, particularly in pontypridd which has had such an extraordinary impact on the high street here over the past week. Of course, it wasntjust pontypridd but hundreds of hundreds and homes and businesses affected across the south part of wales. Yes, the south wales valleys were one of the south wales valleys were one of the worst affected areas across the uk as well as herefordshire and gloucestershire as well. I think there was one community in particular in the neath valley that was really badly damaged by storm callu m was really badly damaged by storm callum in the 2018 and a lot of those homes are just coming to be finished refurbishment and are now being flooded completely again. There evacuated on sunday morning, another area in crickhowell just outside the Brecon Beacons was also flooded and there was one individual there that had gone on holiday, she was then stuck upstairs for a number of hours and couldnt get out of the house and couldnt get home. We went to an area just between pontypridd and cardiff, nantgarw, where houses we re and cardiff, nantgarw, where houses were completely submerged downstairs and they all had to be rescued by boat to get out and some pets actually died there because they couldnt rescue them in time. The water rushing through that street and flooding the downstairs. I think we canjust and flooding the downstairs. I think we can just see Prince Charles coming down the high street now. Just in the distance there. As i say, he will be coming up here, the main high street here, where the water, there is dramatic pictures we saw on sunday, which flooded this street. He will be going into this cafe here which was really badly damaged. At the moment, around half of the shops have reopened here on the high street. Half still remain closed for those that have reopened, you can see the damage inside. The nail bar down here, they have moved their business upstairs for the time being because downstairs is a badly damaged and affected by the storm. Yes, it is still having an impact here on the town and a visible impact. This community that are talked about across south wales, you can still see the remnants on the streets outside where we actually pp5 up streets outside where we actually pops up earlier in pontypridd. The houses on the other side of the high street, there was rubbish and ruins and furniture from inside out on the street now ready to be collected because there is nothing they can do with it. You mightjust be able to see Prince Charles now walking up here. I believe the secretary of state for wales was due to be walking along with him as well. He has been in discussions with the Welsh Government who have pledged £10 million towards communities affected in south wales and he has beenin affected in south wales and he has been in conversations with the Welsh Government to see what additional funding the uk government can offer the Welsh Government to help those communities that have been affected. Flood defences here is devolved in wales so it does get a bit complicated. It is the Welsh Government. Just slightly different between wales and england here. As i say, simon is now speaking to the Welsh Government about how the uk government can help the community is here. As you can see, a huge amount of the locals wanting to speak to Prince Charles to share the stories of how storm dennis has impacted on them over the last year and over the last week. I think his visit here will no doubt have some help give some help to those people affected here. It has been a hugely long week, a difficult week for so many communities here the south wales valleys and i think this is. I think this is an area which has seen some of the most dramatic scenes on sunday and it is one that will see the impact for some time to come because it is a busy high street and one of the Centre Points for the south wales valley and as i say, it will be some time before this place can be fully reopened once again. I think we can just see him walking a little bit further ahead speaking to some of the people who have been involved in emergency evacuations here working on the streets. After he visits the cafe, he will be going to visit some of the Emergency Services that have helped the locals that have been in pontypridd in the south wales valleys over the last week helping the community is here. This is another village just up the road here that was flooded twice over the last week and villages are furious that not enough was done to protect them. As you can see, Prince Charles speaking to some of the local residents here. People keen to speak to him to share stories about what has happened to them over the last week. A huge amount of media interest here. This is also where Jeremy Corbyn came yesterday actually commit to pontypridd, to visit. He came to pontypridd. This cafe was really badly damaged in the floods on sunday. What happened to them was that all the bread making and pastry making equipment was downstairs and that has all been ruined now so they are ina big has all been ruined now so they are in a big predicament to say that equipment cost a large amount of money so it is going to take quite a while for them to be backed up and running. Prince charles going in there to speak in the cafe. You will be coming out after that to speak to the Emergency Services and i believe then he will be leaving wales and that will be the end of his tour across wales visiting communities here that have been affected by storm dennis. Thank you very much stop as he said, a lot of people keen to speak to Prince Charles and share their stories. Lets return to japan now and speak to our correspondentjenny hill whos by the ship injapan where passengers have been held in quarantine for the past couple of weeks, some british passengers have just disembarked to begin theirjourney home. They have had to be very patient to get off the ship. They have indeed. It is1 30am get off the ship. They have indeed. It is 1 30am here. They have been waiting to disembark since this morning was that there was a day later the flight that is due to take them back to britain but in the last ten minutes we saw them coming past us ten minutes we saw them coming past us here in those coaches. The coach curtains were closed so it was difficult to see inside there were not quite sure exactly how many of the 70 or so british passengers have been on board the diamond princess we re been on board the diamond princess were actually disembarked but looking briefly inside as one went past it looked as though there are about 20 may be more people on board. Just a few of those passengers pulling the curtains to one side to give away to the camera as they went by. Obviously a huge relief for them that their ordeal on board that ship is now over. Many of those people have been stuck in their cabins for more than two weeks, unable to leave other than for a few minutes at a time. A little earlier this evening, one of those passengers, a woman, told the bbc that whilst she was pleased that this was finally happening, she was also thinking very much about the people who be left on board because of course this isnt the end of the story. The japanese government have told us that they intend to get all the foreign passengers off of this ship by this evening but left behind area number of ship by this evening but left behind are a number of passengers was that we dont how many. A number of passengers who were, for example, sharing passengers to their cabins with other passengers who tested positive for the coronavirus and therefore could have been contaminated themselves. They have to stay behind, going into further quarantine and of course the crew is staying behind to look after them so thatis staying behind to look after them so that is still a lot of people on that is still a lot of people on that ship tonight for whom the ordeal most certainly isnt over. Jenny, thank you very much. We set hello there, we still have two severe flood warnings in place, both of them in Hampton Bishop. The rain is really targeting the north of the country, 60 to 80 millimetres on the high ground. Overnight the rain does eventually shift across wales, the midlands, eventually reaching southern areas of england with the cold weather following in the north. Increasingly in scotland the showers will turn back to snow with significant accumulations building through the night along with strong gusty wind, blizzard conditions over the mountains here. Mild in the south but a cold stay coming up across Northern Areas with temperatures just five in edinburgh throughout the afternoon. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines an Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during an Undercover Police operation. Dozens of britons who have spent more than two weeks trapped on a coronavirus stricken cruise ship injapan are preparing for their return home this weekend. A muslim prayer leader says he forgives his attacker after returning to the mosque where he was stabbed. The Food Standards Agency says there are now around 2. 4 million cases of Food Poisoning every year in england, wales and Northern Ireland, up from an estimated 1 million in 2009. Sales of the two most polluting fuels used in homes, fresh logs and coal, are to be phased out in england to help cut air pollution. Sport now on afternoon live with ben mundy. Now, tyson fury and Deontay Wilder meet again but they are not going to be allowed to face off this time. Why is that . Organisers of the heavyweight rematch in las vegas basically want to stop any chance of an onstage clash during that way in tonight. You would expect nothing less but at wednesdays press conference in vegas the pair actually ended up shoving each other and had to be separated. Something similar is happening before their first fight back in 2018 so the nevada state Athletic Competition has chosen to scrap the face off in what is seemingly an unprecedented move. It all adds to the drama though. He was going to win in the ring . Lennox lewis has told us who he is backing. We might see him bleeding with a jab at it more. It really depends on we know that he is the kind of guy who will go for a knockout in the first round if you need to. We might see him becoming of tactical and leading with a jab if he doesnt succeed with that. It is going to be a tough fight. I am cannot wait to watch that fight. Liverpool look like they are running away with the premier league title but they have had some bad news . Their captain ruled out for up to three weeks. He has made 34 appearances for the premier League Leaders this season and scored three goals but it is his work in the build up play to assist those goals and off the ball at liverpool fans will tell you is the reason that he has been such a success in recent seasons. He has picked up a hamstring injury though this week. He could miss this weeks premier League Matches and his manager at Juergen Klopp has been assessing the damage this afternoon. Sign or it could have been worth so it could have been worse because there are a lot of different hamstring injuries around in the premier league. Either he will be out, i think full three weeks or so. Which is not called books, you know, we see it as we were still lucky. Now, the womens t20 world cup has onlyjust started in australia. But already a shock. The hosts and favourites lost to india, in sydney earlier. India made 132 for 4, aided by 49 not out from deepti sharma. Spinner, poonam yadav took four wickets, as defending champions australia fell 17 runs short of their target. England play their first match in the tournament on sunday against south africa. Theyve been training in the nets at the waca in perth today. They were the beaten finalists two years ago, so they know whats required to go the distance says bowler, Anya Shrubsole. I think what there is is its probably five or six teams who are really in with a shout of winning this tournament, so we will have to be at our best, i think if we play our best cricket we are certainly a match for any other team and we have got plenty of world class players throughout our line up as well. With 2020 it is just about getting on a bit of a winning run, and momemtum can be a huge thing, it is a quick tournament and if you get on a roll things can be hard to stop. England head coach eddiejones has reshuffled his backline for their six nations match against ireland at twickenham on sunday. Jonathan joseph will start on the wing, earning his 50th cap. Elliot daly returns to full back to replace George Furbank whos out injured. While, manu tuilangi and ben youngs are both back in the starting fifteen. While in the womens six nations. Harlequins scrumhalf leanne riley will get her first start for england, against ireland at a sold out castle at a sold out castle park in doncaster. Shell partner the returning Katy Daly Mclean at flyhalf. Prop Hannah Botterman is ruled out with injury, so uncapped Detysha Harper is on the bench. All the build up to this weekends six nations on sports day at 6. 30 with olly foster. And, weve got more in the next hour as well. Now on afternoon live lets go nationwide and see whats happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. Robyn montague is in southampton this afternoon and can tell us more about the blind portsmouth astronomer encouraging more people to follow his passion. And Declan Harvey is in belfast with a story about a ten year old Manchester United fan, a letter and the liverpool manager jurgen klopp. More from declan in a minute. But first to robyn, how did dr bonne get into astronomy . Well, nick has been severely visually impaired since a very young age when he was born. He can only really see shapes at the end of his nose, but when he was about five and the voyager space probe sent back these incredible images he had his face placed right up against the tv screen and he never really thought about being visually impaired as a hindrance of what he wanted to do but rather something that would making him better at hisjob because he looked in depth and was using things like heat and textures instead. His passions have followed him to the university of portsmouth and he is now working on some pretty exciting stuff he teaches, how does he do it . That was something i was quite surprised about because you think it is quite a visual profession, but there you stuff like objects and metaphors, so he said when two galaxies collide dont think of it is to objects hitting, think of it is to objects hitting, think of it as two people at a wedding throwing up rice in the air, they actually create these 3d images as well and because im not the lecture or the teacher i will hand over to nick now and he can explain how they work. Your mac we have basically taken an actual image of this particular galaxy we have basically taken an actual image of that particular galaxy taken image of that particular galaxy ta ken by image of that particular galaxy taken bya image of that particular galaxy taken by a telescope and make it into a physical model so that by running the fingertips over this you are doing exactly what you would do if you were to look at this with your eyes you are just getting that same information with the change of brightness. So what is next for nick and the project . Him and his team need to make sure that these very clever models are available to any lecturer, anyone that is interested, Community Groups across the country for free, they are already doing that in hampshire and have been working on that since 2016 and want to make sure that everyone has the capacity to learn about space they want. It is so good to have two feel good stories this afternoon, thank you very much feels. Declan, tells about the young boy flu t. Tells about the young boy flu two. He now dedicates his time to teaching, but in an unusual way. This is a lovely story. The boy wrote a letter toJuergen Klopp asking him to make liverpool loosen more games are his Favourite Team manchester can do better. Teachers we re manchester can do better. Teachers were so impressed they sent it off and they did not really think any more about it until his mum was the post office and solve it, thought it was a bit, and his mum when she brought it back, he thought immediately that it was juergen klbpp, immediately that it was Juergen Klopp, which his mum thought was ridiculous, but he was exactly like juergen cup was actually asked about this very letter at a press conference a little bit earlier today and he why out of all the letters he gets this was the one he responded to. It was nice, it was cheeky, and we had time that day so i read the letter and i replied. Ten years old is, cheeky, ten years old, which i think is a nice age and when you should start being cheeky, and it was nice as well. So needless to say young daragh is now the man of the moment in his Primary School and it occurred to us as well that may beJuergen Klopp it occurred to us as well that may be Juergen Klopp has it occurred to us as well that may beJuergen Klopp has opened a pandoras box from this and who knows how many letters from so many football fa ns knows how many letters from so many football fans abound the country he is going to start receiving now. We have certainly taken a bit of a shine to daragh today. You have lifted our spirits this afternoon, thank you very much for taking us nationwide. If you would like to see more on any of those stories you can find us on the bbc iplayer, and as a reminder that we go nationwide every afternoon at 4 30pm here on afternoon at 4 30pm here on afternoon lie. Afternoon live. The government is to ban the sale in england of bags of coal and fresh logs for burning on open fires and in stoves. Ministers say coal and wet wood create air pollution that can cause Serious Health problems. They want people to switch to cleaner alternatives , as our correspondent katie austin reports. A cozy way to heat a home, but some materials commonly used as fuel mean wood burners can be very polluting. The logs sold by this business in buckinghamshire are all seasoned or dried but many of the bundles you might buy from a petrol station or Garden Centre will contain wet wood which emits more harmful particles and smoke. The government is not going to ban stoves themselves but in england it is going to stop the sale of wet wood and coal for home burning. If you burn coal and you burning. If you burn coal and you burn wet wood these sort that comes out of that is causing a whole raft of nasty Health Conditions from cardiovascular disease to cancer and there is clear data about that. Cardiovascular disease to cancer and there is clear data about thatm is good news and there is still so much to be done on this issue of air pollution and also the related issue of helping keep for people across the uk. Overall this of helping keep for people across the uk. Overallthis is of helping keep for people across the uk. Overall this is a good thing. In terms of the timescale, people have had warning, the government first announced this about 18 months ago, it is not a new announcement. Products will have to be labelled to show they comply, with local authorities enforcing the ban. Show they comply, with local authorities enforcing the banm will stop the supermarkets selling bad ones, they have got to check their word, so that is going to be their word, so that is going to be the good side of it. The bad side of it is you are still going to get the people who willjust deliver a load of wood to anybody for a few bob. People who willjust deliver a load of wood to anybody for a few bobm the move is meant to reduce rather than eliminate pollution from wood burners and stoves and concerns have been raised about the impact on Rural Communities but it is hoped people will be prompted to use cleaner fuels. The biggest overhaul of londons sewer system since the 19th century the thames tideway tunnel has reached a landmark point. The construction of the new super sewer will get to its Halfway Point this week. Ben thompson reports. Every time you flush, and wash in the capital, the water enters a Sewer Network over 1,000 miles long. It was built over 150 years ago, by the victorian engineerjoseph bazalgette. At that time, london was home tojust two Million People. Today, it is over eight million, and the old pipes are struggling to cope. But the real problem comes when it rains. The drains flood and raw sewage spills directly into the thames. Originally designed to overflow just a few times a year, it now happens around once a week. It means 39 Million Tonnes of raw sewage flow into the river thames every year, and so the supersewer will take that overspill and pump it directly to a treatment plant, helping keep the river clean. It is as wide as three london buses, and will eventually run for 15 miles across the city, roughly following the path of the thames. But it is a mammoth project. Work began in 2016, and it is not due to be finished until 2024. And with a nearly £5 billion price tag, it doesnt come cheap. Londoners will face higher bills to meet the cost, but with clearer pipes, and a cleaner river, updating the ancient infrastructure is long overdue. Ben thompson reporting. Best time to visit. I think so, yeah, before it is too late. In a moment, the latest Business News. First, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. An Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. Dozens of britons who have spent more than two weeks trapped on a coronavirus stricken cruise ship injapan are preparing for their return home this weekend. A muslim prayer leader says he forgives his attacker after returning to the mosque where he was stabbed. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live the price of a first class stamp is going up from 70p to 76p. Second class stamps will rise from 61p to 65p. Its less than a year since prices last increased. Royal mail says its necessary to ensure the sustainability of the universal service. Some good news from the Manufacturing Sector today. Factory output is at a ten month high, bouncing back from a bad period at the end of last year despite the disruption caused by the new coronavirus. Economists at the American Investment bankjp morgan have warned that human life as we know it could be threatened by Climate Change. In a dramatic report for its clients, the economists said there could be catastrophic outcomes unless action is taken. Lets have a look at where the markets have ended up today. The ftse have ended up down by about half of 1 . It has been a bit of a choppy day for the ftse. It started in the doldrums because of new concerns about the impact of the coronavirus on the economy, including on the Airline Industry losing bookings, car industry losing car sales in their biggest market of china, they fell by 92 in the first half of this once, so that ftse made up half of this once, so that ftse made up some of its losses around the midpoint of the day, and that is reflecting to and those coronavirus for yea rs reflecting to and those coronavirus for years i too, and the price of gold is always something that people put their money into and in times of crisis, it is seen as a safe haven asset and now it is close to seven year highs. Royal mail shares are falling by 2 after it admitted it needed to raise the price of stamps to keep the universal Service Going and that is what the pound is buying you, 129. It did go to the lower end which is at the end of its recent range. Michael, thank you very much for being with us on afternoon lie. First of all, tell us what was going through investors live regarding the coronavirus. The first people were optimistic that the chinese authorities had it over control. He said it was a choppy day but it has in fact been a choppy week. We started near week without optimism that the as you say, the chinese authorities have a situation under control. I would also caveat that with the fact that apple issued a profit warning for its First Quarter because of the disruption caused by the virus and i have a lwa ys caused by the virus and i have always felt a little bit that markets are under estimating the Economic Impact that this outbreak could have, and i think pause for thought that this has had today has largely been because of the fact that the coronavirus is spreading and you are getting new cases reported in places like japan, south korea and iran and ultimately i think that is raising concerns that virus may not be contained, could cause significant economic disruption not only in the short term but actually well into the Second Quarter and that is why you see the sell off that you have seen this afternoon, as well as the fact that we saw some very weak us Economic Data which was also predicated on some economic weakness this month. Talking about Economic Data we had some relatively positive stuff coming out of the uk economy, the surveys of purchasing managers in the Manufacturing Industry saying things are looking pretty good. What detail stood out for you . For me i think the fact that we saw two successive months of a rebound, that is positive, but i also think it is probably overstating the strength of the uk economy. I think you have to put it into the context of the slowdown that we saw at the end of the last year. There was an awful lot of Political Uncertainty that prompted businesses to hold back which has now been unlocked and we have seen a rebound in february in january which has been reflected in these numbers. There are some areas which i am a little bit concerned about and that revolves around forward expectations and that is with respect to disruption to supply chains with respect to the coronavirus, so i think it is a little bit too early to suggest that we are out of the woods as far as the uk economy is concerned but it isa the uk economy is concerned but it is a welcome rebound and let us not forget that actually we could see a slowdown in february or march simply because of the wet weather that we have seen this month which is likely to hit retail consumption, but also the lack of chinese visitors over Chinese New Year could also hit our retail sales come february and march. How do you see all of that playing out in the currency markets . Sterling has been relatively depressed this week, dip below 129 earlier this week, at the lower end of that today. It is at the lower end of its of that today. It is at the lower end of its recent range. Of that today. It is at the lower end of its recent range. It is not for any economic rage since, the Economic Data this week has been good looking at sales any economic reasons. We have seen some very hawkish comments from the uks chief negotiator david foster earlier this week which was fairly belligerent and i think investors have rotated money out of stirling at the expense of the us dollars which is very very strong a couple of hours ago. We have now seen a bit of hours ago. We have now seen a bit ofa of hours ago. We have now seen a bit of a rebound in the pound dollar rate but ultimately i am still fairly bullish on stirling and i think there is a chance we could go back above 130 over the course of the next couple of weeks. Thank you very much. Dot cotton one of the best loved characters in eastenders says shes left Albert Square for good. June brown, the 93 year old actress whos played the character for more than three decades, says she wont return to the show. But a spokesman for the soap said the door remains open for her to come back. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports dot . Dot, its only sonia as soap farewells go, this was among the more low key. Dot cotton leaving a recorded message for sonia fowler telling her she was leaving the square. Just here to tell you that im off to ireland. Who is that i wonder . When the last episodes featuring her went out last month it wasnt clear whether they marked a permanent departure. This week she said that they did, telling the distinct nostalgia podcast that she had been unhappy with some recent storylines. Ive left for good, ive sent myself off to ireland and thats where shell stay. Now, ive loved eastenders. She joined the bbc one soap after it launched in 1985 and fast become a favourite with viewers who followed all of dots up and downs, from her warm friendship with ethel. Even religious men who collect bibles can only think of the one thing. To her troubled relationship with her son, nick. Merry christmas, ma. As well as gaining critical acclaim, a monologue lasting almost an entire episode earned june brown a bafta nomination. I know how to be on my own. She cries. Shes been an indispensable part of Albert Square for more than three decades, and the east enders Production Team says that, should june ever want to return to playing one of tvs most beloved characters, they havent close the door on dot. East enders outro music plays. Will she be back . Youll have to wait and see. Time for a look at the Weather Forecast with chris. Hello there. River levels are dropping away but we do have a bit more rain in the forecast. The latest flooding situation is that parts of the river severn continue to run high, we still have a number of flood warnings in force along the stretch of the severn and it is likely to remain high all the way up until sunday. But there arent any more severe flood warnings here, no theyre at Hampton Bishop along stretches of the river lugg and also the river wye. Now, todays rain has been affecting areas further north, away from those flooded river catchments, so for scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, north wales, it is here that were seeing heavy and persistent outbreaks of rain driven in by strong and gusty winds of 40 mph to 50 mph, a few gusts up to 60 mph or so in a few places. Its been a mild day though, temperatures ten to 12 celsius. Now overnight tonight we are going to see that band of rain moving its way southwards across Northern England, across wales, into the midlands and eventually later in the night we will see that wet weather across parts of southern england, where there are concerns of ground water flooding. Now to the north, it turns colder. Showers moving in here increasingly turning to snow in the hills of scotland with strong winds bringing blizzard conditions with some significant accumulations of snow building in as we head through saturday. Elsewhere, the rain will tend to ease across england and wales but will be replaced by some scattered showers and occasional brighter spells through the rest of the day. Mild in the south, but cold in scotland, temperatures around five degrees in edinburgh but feeling colder given the strength of the wind. It stays windy, then, through saturday night. We have got another band of rain moving in, this one targeting southern wales with 20 to 40 millimetres of rain. The ground completely saturated after recent wet weather. We could see some further localised Flooding Issues building in from that weather system. That system pushes out of the way, though, for sunday, although one weather front lingering in the south will continue to bring some cloudy skies and some damp weather even into the afternoon for some. Further north west, probably a bit more in the way of sunshine but at the same time well continue to see showers blowing in, these again wintry over some of the higher hills, cold in the north, in the south still relatively mild for the time of year. Sunday night sees the next area of low pressure march in, this one bringing some strong gusts of wind up to 70 mph, heavy rain and for a time there could be some snow in the hills of Northern England and scotland that could prove to be disruptive. Tonight at 5. Some british passengers, whove spent weeks quarantined on a cruise ship offjapan, have finally been allowed off the boat. 35 britons left the diamond princess and are now on coaches taking them to tokyo airport. This is the scene live at the airport, where the holiday makers are due to fly home from. Well have the latest live from japan. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. An Islamic State supporter admits plotting to blow up st pauls cathedral. Safiyya shaikh was arrested during a Police Undercover operation. She sent the undercover officers photos of st pauls,